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The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Gu yds of dirt for the 4th month
this summer. Their Septembel
output was 1O31,564 Gu yds. The
total excavation to their credit at
end of September was 8,041,1 25
GU yds. measured quantity.
Addison-M Miller Inc are doing a
great deal of work in a small area
at site of spillway gate structure.
The concrete apron in front of the
gates which has been completed
in front of the gates, which has
been completed for a width of5760
feet across channel, is to be pro-
tected by an apron by an of rip
"a pap boulders on a bed of coarse
gravel. This apron of rip-rap will
will be 100 feet wide extending
completely a a the floor of the
channel. As a level blanket of field
stones it will be about 2 #. thick
and at the same elevation as the
concrete slab,namely,3 0feet below
The top of the gates, Of course,
will be the maximum elevation of
the water in the reservoir elevation
2250 feet above mean sea level.
Excavation is we'll under way in
the area where the gravel boulders
are to be placed.
The concrete slab foundations
for the tapered tapered training
walls behind the gates are being
poured in such quick succession
a casual observer would conclude
that this is where The most WorK
has been done. But this is because
of the multitude of steel reinforce
ing bars which stick up 4 feet out
of the slab. These bars project so
as to give a bond for the concrete
walls which will later be placed on
these slabs. The most work is
don by the saws, augers, chisels,
& shovels which prepare the excav-
ahead of the concrete pour
THE TUNNELS PUMP CEMENT
Think of pumping concrete like
4 liquid. What will these engin-
'ers lie doing next? Well, the lat
est wrinkle, taken from the beauty
no doubt, is the pneumatic
vibrator. This dubious affair, about
as big as a thermos bottle glass on
he end of a garden hose, is used
gently massage-fhe fresh con-
;rete until it quivers & slips down
ntO corners of the forms & around
behind the reinforcing bars.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
Worlds Record of 163 Feet of Sheet
Piling is Drivn by Frazer-Davis
at West end of Cutoff wall

A total of 711O employees were
at Work on Fort Peck project a
end Of September. This represents
the largest number of workers who
have been on the job this year
1t compares favoraly with the
1886 persons who were on the
rolls in August last year (the peak
of employment The last 2months
of beautiful weather have con-
tributed to the gradual increase in
activities and demand for labor
at the dam.
Not content with their record
breaking achievement of 2 weeks
ago, the Frazier Davis Cons. Co.
succeeded in getting still greater
penetration with the steel sheet
piling of the cut-off wall Their
crews on the 200 foot driving
gantry near the west end of the
wall put a pair of Sheets" down
1853 feet into the ground this
week. For work of this kind, this
is likely to stand as a worlds re-
cord for some years to come. The
piles driven to this great depth
are located on the West abut-
ment Sc feet from the end of the
cutoff wall. Someday they will be
entirely covered, but the record
will 90 down in the handbooks of
engineers as one of many exam
pies where the best previous achi-
evements OF. constructors were
exceeded at the Fort Peck dam.
Thirty days hath September
while August has thirty-one,
and thereby hangs a tale. The
extra days dredging in August
was just a little too much of a
handicap for the four great
units to overcome last
month. Fill measurements showed
3.625,O00 cubic yards deposited
August and $685. ZOO Gu.
yards for September. The total
quantity of hydraulic fill in the
dam at the end of the month was
IL, 110,500,cubic yds. This iDdicat-
in spite of the late spring, Govt
dredging operations are now ahead
IF the schedule assumed for the
completion of the project. 1t was
thought that the dredges were GER
working at maximum cap
acity by the end of August, DUNG
which month they had pumped
continuously at the rate of 1875 {
cubic yards per hour. However, the
ate for the whole month of Sept.
Vas 1850 cubic yards per hour,
most of which time three
If the units were each trailed by
'ver 1900 feet of pipeline.
Martin Wunderlich, who COM .
,leted his contract last month for =,
excavation at the lower end of the ,
pilIway, moved a total of slightly j..
ver 2.540,000 cubic yards of over ;
BURDEN topsoil and solid shale dur .
ng period of operations. He star
ed work Nov. II last year & fin
shed Sept. 22nd, about 3 months
/ cad of schedule.
Massmsn Const. Co., (Spillway
lilders, Inc.) moved over a million
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Strobeck,
and daughter, were Wheeler visi-
tors from Stanley, N. Oak, last
Saturday. Henry disposed of his
building here, formerly occupied
as the City Shoe shop.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
Whare Horses Originated

The earliest known progenitor of the
horse was the eohippus, a four-toed
creature about the size Of a house eat.
Fossil specimens of the eohippus have
been found in the Lower E0cene for
nations Of the West.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
Cause Of Linburger's Cdor

The unpleasant odor of l~ilnhur&er
cheese is due TO specific lamentations
induced during %ripening; these fer
mentations are mainly caused by the
extremely moist condition In which
the cheese Is kept.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

OIL British submarines are to chrrY
tymato plants, as a means OF detect
Ing noxions gases. This plant, over
50 times as sensitive ms the best chem.
ical test. droops At the fa.ntest contact
with poisonous gases.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
BIRTHS

Thursday a. m Oct. 10 to Mr. and
Mrs Edw. M. Moates, Is Wheeler
Ave a 81 ID boy. DR.. Mark Ie-
ports mother and son getting along
we'll.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Mrs.R.B Thomas of North Wheeler
was a caller at Fort Peck Press
office last Saturday ENDURING if
any one had found a bapy shoe &
brot it in to advertise
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

All essay contest for high school
Juniors and Seniors to be held asa
feature of the educational campaign
of the Christmas seal sale has
been announced by the Montana
Tuberculosis Association, Helena.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

FOR SALE-A good business bldg
located in Wheeler. frame con-
strrction; main part 20x30, adj
'tions. priced low; terms.
See German
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Ararat, noted for its connection with
Noah's Ark, was traded to Turkey by
Persia in exchange for a strip of ter
ritory along the Turkish-P Persian bor-
der.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Connie ShdnkeDberger of Wheel
er returned from a two weeks
vacation with his son Earl in
school at Missoula, He also visit
ed his brother in Spokane.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Light Out After coo Years
The famous lighthouse on the Molo
Of Naples, IN the Mediterranean, was
extinguished after burning every night
for 600 years.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Carl Stopper and Arthur Lingren
of McCone City were Wheeler Wis
tors Saturday. This office acK
nowledges a pleasant call.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
DYES From Insects

The color pigment Of many fine dyes
and paints are furnished by the cochi-
neal insects. Among the colors which
can be derived from them are carmine,
crimson and scarlet.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Mrs Mrs Dan Dascher & daughter
Esther of Opheim were Wheeler
visitors last Saturday evening,
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Presidents Not Church Members
Jefferson and Lincoln did not claim
membership in any religious demon
inatlon. Hayes attended the Meth
odist church. but never Joined.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
Roman Relic in London

Work04en excayAting for a building
IN London found a stone altar used by
some feMily worsliping Roman gods
In Britain in the First or Second cen
Jury A. D.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

C. NewIand Of the Greer Hut
Cafe, Fort Peck sold a house in
Wheeler to Rosa M.Burns of the
Wheeler laundry. German made
the deal,
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
IA. MANY WaterfaIls

There are 379 important waterfalls
In Brazil; 1GI OF these have Il poten-
tial power of at least 50,000,OW horse
power.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
And Other Disturbances

Blushing is due to a disturbance Of
the sympathetic system, the system
composed of nerves and larger masses
or nervous substance called ganglia.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Mira MrsJ.E Snodgrass arrived this
week from Kansa city&are visiting
their friends Mr.. & Mrs. Harold
Scott of Wheeler.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Mr&Mrs O.C. Cannon OF Wheeler
drove to Havre over the week end
& returning bro't his mother Mrs
Elizabeth Cannon for q visit here
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Guy A. Bradstreet sold d house
in Wheeler to Mary Hoover of
LakevieW. Germain made the deal.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

C.C.HeDdrix of Wheeler returned
Wednesday from a trip to Miss
ouuri where he took his wife &
left her there for a visit.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

MI. & Mrs. Leo Sanford of Chin
nook called on G. w. Fleming
family at Fort Peck Sun.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Clyde Watts & Mrs Guy Fromah
from Minot visited their mother
Mrs.. Wade Eve of Delano Heights
last Sunday.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Wanda Capers of West Yellow
Stone is visiting Miss Mary War
necke ofWheeler.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
CATHOLIC SERVICES

Catholic Services will be held at
Recreation Building.
Services each Sunday at the same
hr. 9 am Father Altman in charge
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
Peak Endowment for Year Of 711O Nears Last Years 1896

WANTED-All kinds of job work
Letter heads, ~statments, theatre
notices, sale bills, coupon tickets,
handbills, menus, meal tickets,
church programs window cards.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

knowledge of Two Kinds
knowledge is of two kinds; we know
a subject ourselves, or we know where
we can find information Upon 1t.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
FOR Sale

4 Addison-M Miller bunk houses
16x16 feet, l Admiral range, / Sim
mons studio couch, l 1O-foot extern
sion table, 1 barber chair. | SKIS
cabin. Enquire Roy L. Frisk
Roeville Cash Grocery
Country Club site)
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

Pete and Henry Redekop OF
Wheeler and of the editor from
visited us last week.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

NEB A

Mr. .andMrs.C T .POrter of McCone
we're business visitors in Wheeler
last Friday.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
FOR SALE

2 rooms 16x24 frame building
lined good floors price 225 on
terms or 5000 cash. see Germain,
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
WANT ADS

Germans Best Bargains
One two room house and garage at
$4,000.
see German
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

See German for the best locat'
ions in Wilson townsite.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10
FOR SALE

An SKIP, built of drop siding,
good floor for Quick sare $50 see
German
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-10

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
CITIES GUST CORRUPTION

NTHEN the history of this era is written by
w our grandchildren, it is probable that the
postwar years will be described as the period
in which American municipal government was
redeemed after it had almost fallen apart
The chief trouble with our city governments
in the last Is years has been an ineficiency
and blind greed which reflected the extent
to which stupid and corrupt partisan politics
had made control of municipal affairs racket
rather than a branch of public service; and
the most prominent symptom of this state of
affairs vas to be found in the brazenness of
organized criminal gangs
There is not much use in rehearsing
great deal Of past history on this point. What
happened in Chicago and New York-to name
only two cities under the regimes of such men
as Capone and Rothstein-is too we'll known
to need repeating. The point is that at long
last the tide seems to have begun to run the
other way.
st. Paul had an explosion the other day.
An energetic newspaper. the st. Paul Daily
News, and determined commissioner of pub
lie safety. H. g. Warren. dug out evidence to
show that the city's police department was in
a direct and startling alliance with the under
world.
The sensation which followed brought about
a swift purge of the police department, and
probably Jared the citizens of st. Paul sufi-
GENTLY to make them insist hereafter de-
cency and honesty in control of their govern
ment
This explosion in st. Paul was a symptom,
just as the corrupt condition which preceded
it was also a symptom.
For a long time American cities generally
were content to go along under the kind OF
political msrule which had developed during
the generations before. People knew that in
most cases they were being misgoverned, but
they had plenty of money to pay for it and
nobody cared very much.
But at last th3 situation became too costly
to put up WITH any longer. The gang fights Of
prohibition days did not bother the ordinary
man very much; the depredations of the
DiIingers struck too close to home to be en-
durable
Public opinion demanded and got con-
certed drive against these gentry-and in the
course of this drive it became obvious that
large-scale crime can exist only when it can
maintain a working alliance with city govern
ments.
Slowly but surely, this alliance is being
overthrown. And along with the overthrow
We are beginning to learn anew the old lesson
Of democratic governnlent-that city, state,
o. a nation gets just about the kind Of rule
that it deserves; that greedy partisan politics
is the most expensive of all luxuries; and that
even the worst Of messes can be cleaned up
If the citizens really desire it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
GREAT CHANCE FOR YOUTH

Z ESTABLISHMENT Of the National Youth
~ Administration seems to mark the in
augurstion of another Of those jobs which,
If handled properly. could be of immense
service to the nation-and which, if the
proper leadership is lacking, can swiftly de-
cline into just another well-meant but fruit
less bit Of official boon-doggling.
With the aims Of the project, no one can
quarrel. 1t is planned to utilize the enor-
nous potentialities Of American young men
and women-to see that they get the train
ing they need to provide recreational facilities
for them. to make jobs so that they can at
least partially support themselves, and to hunt
for proper openings for them in private in
dustry.
A national advisory board is to cooperate
with the state and city boards throughout
the country to achieve these ends. Much will
depend on the way these boards do their
work. They have an opportunity to be of
immense service. Let us hope that they work
with the efficiency and intelligence needed to
put over program of this kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
PROSECUTORS STAFF IS
SUFFICIENT, HE SAYS
Rv Jerrv Movers.

By Jerry Meyers.
Why must the taxpayers Of this
county be burdened with additional
costs of government in times like
these? If any valid reason can be
found for adding to the cost Of adj
ministering the affairs Of our prose-
cutor's office, then there could be
no objection to enlarging his staff
by giving him three investigators.
All of Mr.. Spencer's deputies can
practice civil law, in addition to
performing their official duties and
have sufficient time for both.
In the criminal branch Of the
Municipal Court, sometimes three
and four deputies stand around
while one of them tries a case. Dur
ing the session of both Criminal
Municipal Courts, there are never
less than two or three deputies
hanging around the prosecutors Of
flee with nothing to do. Two or
three deputies are always off duty
entirely.
Then there is "Buzz" Watson, who
just buzzes around with no benefit
to the taxpayers who pay his salary.
Mr.. Spencer's force, as now consti-
tuted, can do everything he expects
additional assistants to accomplish
if those now in his employ earned
their salaries. This looks like an
other movement to take care Of
three more deserving 90 Democrats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
IMPROVING ON NATURE?

THOSE great stone faces which sculptors
u are carving on the rocky peaks of various
mountains about the country provoked some
heated argument at the recent national con-
ference on state parks, held in SkylaEd Va.
Gutzon Borglunn, sculptor, who is carving the
giant memorial on the face of Mt. Rushr1ore,
in the Dakota Black Hills, said that such mon
uments were an integral part of natural scenic
beauty. And then up rose Tom Wallace, ed
itor of the Louisville Times, to declare that
such projects are, in the very nature of things,
horrible.
All such things are an outrage" he de-
clared. They don't belong, anyway"
This gentleman seems to have voiced a
thought that has occurred to more than one
citizen in recent years. There is something
permanent and unacceptable about these gil
gantic memorials in living rock. You can't es-
cape seeing them, and if you don't happen to
like them there is nothing much you can do
about it.
And that fact is perhaps an indication that
We should go slowly in ordering any more of
these mountain sculptures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
BORAH. THE ININIUTABLE

CENATOR BORAH, that old party Of one,
- today achieves his SEVENTEEN birthday
little changed. except for fewer hairs upon his
leonine head. from the day he entered the
Senate three decades ago.
BOrahs span OF Senate life stretches back
to the DAYS Of the giants When he arrived
from Idaho's plains the Senate rafters were
Shaking with the thunders OF Beverage of
our own Indiana. Allison OF Iowa, old Hale
OF Maine. Depew Of New York. Knox of
Pennsylvania. La Toilette. the elder. These
all have gone. succeeded by theirs sons or
lesser statesmen. But Borah. like Tennyson}s
brock. still bickers down the valley.
As a young inSurgent the weSterner was
hailed as promising White House timber: to-
day he's being mentioned as his party's hope
for 1886. In postwar days he fought beside
LoOEe and Johnson against the League Of Ma
lions, today. with no reason for fighting it. he
sill Tits its shaky rsmparts. II has been said
that II you want to hear the best thing ever
saiC on any side OF any question. go to Borah
he Is even unchanging in his chaEgeableneSS.
This Senate dean has unique record. He
never bOthers about little chores for his con-
stituents. yet they proudly send him back
again and again. he seldom initiates legisla-
ton one hears a lot about Bill Borah, but
who ever heard OF a Borah bill? A fellow
senator said that Borah can hit the ball, but
never gets past first base. Another dubbed
hin the great beginner" Nevertheless. the
fans are always in the bleachers when Borsh
goes TO bat. Not even Huey packs the gallery
frrff w~ar r-,~l -
IS making 8 speech today"
For all OF which we're grateful. Borah is
a great personality. an institution in our public
life. We wish him many happy OF EN-, and
We hope his people send him back next year.
One can hardly think Of the United States
Senate without him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29

Virginia boy guilty of running away
with the Sheriff Of Jasper.
The loving mothers of the state
should be forever grateful to The
Times and Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz
Jr To both of you this boy owes
his parole and he will not serve
such an outrageous sentence as first
given to him.
Many lawyers know the law, but
it is a smart guy with an alert mind
who, under pressure Of official duties,
is quick to see in a flash, way out
Of a difficult situation when the To-
cal prosecutor and judge could not
solve the problem with mature de-
liberation.
hate the McNutt administra-
ton for its arrogance and power, but
the people can never forget that we
have a Governor and Attorney Cen
eral who have a sympathetic heart,
attuned to decency, common sense
and justice in an emergency. Long
live The Times, McNutt and the
Attorney General.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
BY T. Ernest Maholm.

BY L. Ernest MahOlm.
Answering r. P. H. and a
mother, in the Message Center of
June 81, 1885, desire to say that
as attorney for the two boys
charged with kidnapping the sheriff
at Jasper, Ind, had very good
opportunity to view the situation
from a legal standpoint.
True, these boys we're charged
with serious offense. The sheriff
of said county was very much
chagrined and at the time he
appeared before the grand jury,
and the only witness to appear
before the grand jury, naturally
wanted the boys indicted for the
most serious offense possible, and
the prosecutor, being busy pre-
pairing for a murder trial, gave
very little attention to the case.
The result was an Indictment
returned for kidnapping. These
children we're influenced into
pleading guilty at once, upon the
threats that if they did not, they
would get the electric chair, and
that after the 14-year-old boy had
been struck in the face four times
while he was handcuffed by q
State Police officer who said he
would like to be the one to turn
the juice on, and that they had
better plead guilty without a
lawyer and they would only get
life Imprisonment.
The court did send for the
pauper attorney and informed the
defendants of the seriousness of
the charge and requested them to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
judge Sumner Is Praised

follow the advice of the pauper
attorney, but they insisted, by
reason of the previous threats,
that they did not desire counsel.
Judge John L. Sumner regret
fully had to dc his duty, as he
had taken an oath to carry out
the laws of the state of Indiana,
the prosecutor did not offer to
make a lighter charge to help him,
but when the opportunity was
given to Judge Sumner, by the
motion to permit these boys to
withdraw their previous plea of
guilty and enter plea of not
guilty, Judge Sumner did not
falter but gladly sustained it.
Then the prosecutor permitted
afidavits to be filed against these
boys for a lesser offense, the
charge of auto banditry, thinking
that the boys would get 25-year
sentence, but by doing that he
opened the doors for Judge Sum
ner to display his true character,
that of a kind, fatherly, dutiful
human judge, and over the pro-
tests of the prosecutor with tears
rolling down his cheeks, he gave
the boys the least under the cir
cumstances possible.
He did not act from fear, from
any influence, authority or threats
from Atty. Gen. Lutz or the Gov
ernor of Indiana, but did what he,
as the judge of the court, had an
inherent power to do, and not
because he was a Republican or a
grass rooter. I am more than
pleased to have met him, because
to know him is to love him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-29
MISS DUNN RETIRES

CPORTSMEN of Indianapolis will appreciate
- Miss Elizabeth Dunn's attitude in retiring
from competition in the Indianapolis women's
golf tournaments after having won the tour
neys for 10 consecutive years.
With the title clinched Miss Dunn retires
to permit some other woman golfer to try for
the honors.
Miss Dunns craftsmanship mas been as
significant in her playing as in her retirement.
She has battled hard road to win the title
each year and she will get immense pleasure
from seeing some one else take the cup next
year and the following years.
Working by night and playing golf by day,
Miss Dunn offers the true sportsman, man or
woman, goal at which to shoot.