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The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
News from Wilson Townsite
(Mrs. Margaret May)

Mrs. Florence Clarke, of New
Deal, has moved her home to Viii
son. Mrs. Clarke will live ad
Joining her daughters, Mrs. Ciar
ence Worthineton and Mrs. Dee
Stockton, on Lake avenue.
Roy Nansel, while on a business
trip here, visited at the home OF
his daughter. Mrs. James Way.
E w. Hicks has sold his house
to Roy A. Cook, of PlentywOod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivar HarebO and
children. and MIR. Arvid Kissing
were dinner guests at the Mont
fort home Sunday.
Walter E. Wilson is building an
addition to his home.
Ernest Ashcraft, who has been
suffering with d blood poisoned
hand, is improving.
A new home is being built in
Wilson. by MI. and Mrs. W. H.
Minnick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Sholtz. and
family Of Hinsdaie, visited at the
May home, Saturday evening
They also visited with Mrs
ShOltz's sister, Mrs. H. Hanson, of
Park Grove.
New residents. of Wilson, are
Mr.. and Mrs. TOnl Hart, OF the city
of " heller.
Mr.. aud Mrs Carl Harmon, of
BainviIle, are visiting with the
Nielsen family.
Mrs. Clyde Collins, of Indiapap-
oils, Indiana. is visiting the Neil
sens, while viewing the work on
the Fort Peck Project.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Hicks re-
turned from Bozeman Monday
night.
b. R. Perry is completing his
new nome this. week.
Loetta Chrlstihnson and Chas
jacobson, of Glasgow. visited
friends III Wilson Friday evening.
Ben Perry and family entertain
ed friends at their home saturday
evening.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
Herbert Miller of Deer Lodge is a
new resident of Wheeler having
charge Of Merles Cafe.
DEATHS
Burned to Death by distillate

Burned to Death by distillate
Jake Christensen, 48. of McCcne
City. a Connolly truck driver, was
burned to death last Thursday il
filing his oil stove with distillate
He lived from $50 in the morning
the time of the explosion till 5 pm
having just returned from a visit
to Harlowton the night before.
Burial was at Two Dot near that
place He leaves his mother Mrs
Gertrude Christensen, & 2 broth
ers John & Charles G z sisters Mrs
Geo. T. Haas & Mrs A Thompson
all of Big Timber. He was a war
veteran.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
Common Labor & Skilled Alike are Gradually Being Advanced

probably be used in No. l tunnel
first. It will be mixed at the upper
portals and sent 10 from that end.
Enlargement and concrete lining
going in from lower portals are max
ing better progress all the time.
Headings have been driven the
following distances:
Tunnel No. Top Head'g Bottom hde
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17

Mrs. Goldie Mae Kine, 22,of Mid
way died at a hospital here at
Fort Peck of burns she received
when she attempted to start a fir.
with gasoline.
Her mother in-laW and seven.
mOnth-old child also were burned.
Her two Children in the house at
the time escaped injury.
Mrs. King is also survived by her
husband.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
Three Advance Every Day During the
First 2 Years of Fort Peck Job,
is the Average.

TOillOtiUuS VI COlIItlIUu dUOIC
semi skilled workers & skilled me
chanics to jobs at higher rates o.
pay have been frequent at the Fl
Peck DAM. 35% of the hourly mel
now on the job have received in
.creases. The number affected to.
tails 1911 out of 5l75 such employ.
ees. About 95% of those promot.
ed were Montana residents. 222
we're boosted 70 supervisory, minor
engineering or clerical positions,
while ISL were raised from labor
& semi-skilled rates to mechanics
jobs paying from $1.20 to $50
per hour. This indicates an aver
age of about 3 increases per day
during the 1st 2 years OF the job.
1t should be noted that the above
promotions cover only men now
at work & do not 60 behind their
presant employers; nor do they in
clude promotions for monthly and
per annum employees. The totals
crver men working for the govern
ment and for general construction
contractors. 1903 worKmen who
started as laborers at SOC per hour
have received increases varying
fro1h 10c to Zoe per hour.
One-ffth of the hydraulic fill
required for the dam is now in
place. 10000, 600 of the required
100, 100000 cubic yards have been
piled up in the permanent embark
ment. The most striking evidence
of the amount of work done is by
the Missouri river bridge on west
bank where the fill is about Is feet
above it. Average height of fill
on east bank is about 80. feet. and
SIS feet on west bank. Area of fill
on west bank is only about Il that
If east side-1O1 acres as against
200 acres. The new winter harbor
is completed & Dredge Missouri is
again eating into the vest bank Of
river. Floating plant moored in
winter harbor this year will have
protection of high banks. Work
men engaged on overhaul will be
@heltered from the fiigid winds of
this locality.
MORRISON-K. R. R. EXTENSION
Morrison Knudsen have finished
driv NJ piles & have timber bents
nearly framed for trestle portion of
their Smile job of railroad exten
sion. Ties & rails have been laid
on 5000 feet Of their 64O0 feet of
finished grade & Is cars of gravel
ballast are ready to spread. 6lO0
feet of additional grade is almost
ready for ties. Their job as a whole
is about 4O% completed.
SPILLWAY is A SMALL RIVER
The Massman Construction Co.
(Spillway Builders Inc) are making
preparations to send their truck
| ads of dirt straight down spiIIway
ever to " underlich's old spoil area.
THIS m axes it easier to get out the
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
Bids VIII be Opened

Bids will be opened in the local
U. S. Engineer Office for the follow
ing items from
Oct ri to Oct. 26:
Rabbits Electric grinder, cannd
goods, Wood piIing. Wax paper.
Packing house products, SubSiSt
ence supplies. Wire,Gas heaters and
thermostats, Steel, Soap. Laundry
Supplies.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17

shale excavated from bottom o
channel. They are already dowI
to preliminary grade with portion
of cut near gate structure. Thi'
preliminary grade leaves 8 feet o
cover which must be stripped of
just before the concrete lining is
placed.
Having stocked up with 1034
carloads of concrete aggregates IN
II days time, Spillway Bl'drs. are
now giving thot to central mixing
plant, needed when it comes time
to place concrete lining in bottom
of spillway. They are putting in
footings for e new plant mounting
8 2 yard mixers. Structural steel
frame of this set.up will be 80 feet
high. Plant is located neal center
of work at end of gravel trestle. Az
eregates now on hand are: Sand
1920 Gu yrds; fine gravel 1888
Gil yds; coarse gravel 1913 cu.yds
total 1886 cubic yards.
For last 10 DAYS Addison Miller
have run 25.6 carloads of aggregate
per da thru their mixing plant at
gate structure. At end of last wk
they bad placed nearly 2 acres OF
concrete slab & footings for train
ing walls behind the gates. This
means that they put in only a mere
123 1854 Gu yards in this Pr rtion of
the work. Steel forms for LIST Oh s
sections of a training we'll were set
up poured. There will be Is Of
these 100. foot training walls placed
in a row across the channel. Each
one will be "a it. 6 in. high at the
upper (thick) end & % feet high at
the pointed end. The walls will
taper in thickness from 10 # down
to about ~ feet in order to train
the turbulent water flowing thru
the gates into %streamliDe motion.
Steel forms used are adjustable to
take care of this variation in thick
ness of the wall.
The boys doing the boring Of the
5,foot holes for foundation piles
have about $500 lineal feet TO
their credit. AS fast as they can
uore the holes, steel cages are set
in & concrete is poured. No time
is being wasted as long as present
spell Of good weather holds out.
THE TUNNELS FURNISH POWR
Mason & Walsh reported a good
weeks work at the tunnels. Seven
sections of headwall across inlet
portals are in & the 9th will be fin
ished up this week. About 1000
Gu. yards of concrete we're poured.
One So section and / portal sec
ton of wall are underway at pres
ent time. Excavation and placing
of structural steel bracing are main
items keeping men busy.
Work at the shaft foundations
has progressed to the point where
concrete for 1st 7 fl slab will soon
be going in. This concrete will
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
sir.t Elaxk Wolf in Cscrdss

irtt Ela<k Wei in Decades
Portrayed in old Is IAN legcinis, itl:
never actually g q by hunters. n BLACK
wolf wa. trapped mar savanna, weS'
of TT. William. Ont. It is the first
pure bl!ck wolf th"t has been report
cd in several d"rn'ias
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
South Wheeler news
b. Mn C. .. Bradstreet

Cly0e RIM OF wheeler had q
narrow escape from death Tu- shay
at a bridge near LisHfas when the
car he was driving sluiced around
and backed over the bridge, all K
cept 1 front wheel which held. Mr.
Flint did not dare to move for
fear of Earring the car loose, and
remained sitting in the seat till a
passing truck driver saw the pre-
dicament he was in & came TO his
help. They succeeded in getting
the Car on the road without farther
mishap The Car "a only slightly
damaged, Mr. Flint was uninjured.
The Home Makers club met this
Wednesday yesterday at home
of Mrs Frank Penley where the
ladies made a friendship quilt for
the hostess.
Bill Landis, the genial house
mover had Il serious &C: ident near
the GLASGOW bridge; he was moving
q building for the e.. O Bradstreets
& had cot safely across the briige
when a Car crashed headiong into
the rear of the building, wrecking
IL and the car. The driver claimed
he didn't see thu house till he hit
it. He was Cut b, flying glass but
not seriously. This happened at 3
o'clock Tues. am.
Red Norvel who has been va
cationing in ST. Louis for the last
4 weeks returned to his duties ut
Fl Peck dam Saturday.
Mrs. Ecklund and daughters Of
Glasgow, Mr.. & Mrs Mick Peters of
Wheeled were dinner guests ut the
john Bradstreet home Sunday.
Mrs. Pauline Prentice returned
to her home in Wheeler Sunday
mite. having been called to Grand
Forks. N. D. by illness OF her sister
Mrs Spike Harvey. who is much
at this writing.
A surprise party wa held at the
home of Mrs Brown of Cooper Apt.
u honor of Mrs Noble birthday.
She received Il beautiful coffre pot
as a Gift. A buffrt luncheon WAS
Every one had q lovely
lime.
Mrs Donald 8ra1street of Wheelr
has accepted d position as teacher
at the Lismas school, the former
tee cher having resigned.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-10-17
Frankt-z Privilege

Tho ranking pr. vilege In said to
have het,n first granted by congress to
private soldiers In the Continental
army In 1776.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
SERVICE TO HONOR
PEACE.TIME HEROES
Postponed Ceremony to Be Held
Wednesday at 7:30 at Ii.
tanic Memorial.

Officials OF The National Capital
parks today announced that the post
poned Memoriam day services In honor
of peace-time heroes at the Titanic
Memorial. In the Rock Greek Park
way at New Hampshire avenue. will
be held wednesday at 7:30 pm.
Originally this was slated for May
80. but inclement weather forced post
ponement
The Firemans Band, In charge OF
r. T. HUNT OF No. Truck ompany,
will play. Chairman OF the exer-
cises will be Elwood Street, iitector
of public welfare Of the District.
The principal speakers will be
Katherine r. Lenroot. chief Of the
Childrens Bureau Of the Department
OF Labor: Chief Engineer Charles z.
Schrom of the District Fire Depart
ment, Elridge Brooklyn Of the Boys
Club. Maj. Ernest w. Brown. superin-
tendcnt OF the Metropolitan Police; ;
Watson Davis. director of science serv-
ice. and Representative Isabella
Greer way, Democrat. OF Arizona.
The benediction will be delivered by
the Rev Edward .. Clark, pastor of
Chevy Chase Baptist Church, while
Grady H. Leonard will be the song
leader Girl Reserves Of the Y. W.
C. A. win act - ushers.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
SCH0OLBOY PATROL
ON WAY TO CAPITAL

AS a reward for their work in guard
ing the lives of Detroit school chill
dren. As boys of the Michigan city's
schoolboy patrol are being given a
trip to Washington, under direction
of the Bureau OF Public Safety of
the Detroit Police Department.
They are scheduled TO arrive here
tomorrow at 11:15 am. after a stop
over at Harpers Ferry. W. Va, where
they will view the old engine house
%hich John Brown used ss fort
during the raid before the Civil War.
The boys have been selected from
5000 Detroit schoolboy patrolmen.
They will be accompanied on the trip
BY 10 policemen who have had charge
Of schoolb0y patrol work In Detroit
The group will leave Detroit late to-
day, arriving at Harpers Ferry early
tomorrow morning.
After their arrival here Tuesday.
they will devote most Of the remainder
of that day and Wednesday to sight
seeing here and in nearby Maryland,
their itinerary including a visit to
Annapolis, Md. Thursday they will
visit Alexandra and Mount Vernon
and entrain for Detroit here late that
afternoon
Evening star., 1935-06-03
BAND LEADER BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Heads Of Navy and Marine Units
to Be Allowed Rank and
Pay Of Lieutenants.

The House BY unanimous consent
today passed the Senate bill giving
the present leaders of the United
States Navy Band and United States
Marine Corps Band the rank. pay and
allowances Of lieutenants in the Navy.
It provides that in the computation
of pay and allowances for the leader
of the Navy Band all naval service
rendered viii be counted as If It were
commission service. 1t also provides
for retirement as a lieutenant In the
same manner as other officers OF this
rank and length of service. On
Recommendation Of the Navy Depart
ment the bill was amended to make
the same provisions applicable to the
leader of the Marine Corps Band.
BY act of March 4, 1925. Congress
provided that the leaders of these
bands should receive the pay and
allowances of lieutenant in the Navy
and q captain in the Marine Corps,
respectively. This bill provides, at
the discretion of the President. for
extending the retirement of the lead
ers of these bands under the same
conditions as are now enjoyed by
lieutenants of the Navy and captains
of the Marine Corps.
Congress, by act of March 3. 1927,
approved legislation of a similar char
acter by passing a bill providing for
the retirement Of the then leader Of
the United States Marine Corps Band
as q captain In the Marine Corps with
the retired pay and allowances of that
rank. The bill passed today on the
motion of Chairman Vinson of the
House Naval Affairs Committee car
ried the approval of the Navy Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
Young Hiker Sores Companion,
Bitten by Deadly Copperl'eod

Although extremely III this morning
from the effects of the antitoxin and
the shock of his experience. Dana
Wallace, 10. Of 232l Sherrier place.
was believed to be recovering from
the bite Of a copperhead snake In
flicted yesterday.
That Wallace did not suffer more
serious consequences h due to the
courage and presence Of mind of him
self and a companion, Vincent Bour.
20, of 1889 Conduit road. Wallace
and Bour were hiking yesterday on
the towpath about two miles above
Great Falls when the former felt the
sting Of a snake bite. Looking down,
he saw a copperhead snake slipping
into the grass.
Neither of the boys having a knife
with which to open the wound, Bour
Immediately sank his teeth into Wal
lace's ankle, sucking both blood and
poison from IL. Then he swung Wal
lace across his shoulders. Reaching
their parked automobile, Bour drove
to Emergency Hospital. where anti
septic was administered and Wallace
sent home.
There the leg started to swell fur
ther and the boys parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett l. Wallace called the
family doctor and then Or. William
M. Mann, director Of the Zoo. The
latter advised injection OF q serum
and, after locating some, accompanied
DR.. John C. Eckhardt to the boys
home for the administration. Fol-
lowing the treatment, it was believed
Wallace was out Of danger Of further
complications other than reaction
from the antitoxin.
Wallace is q freshman at George
Washington University. Bour Is an
employe of the N. r. A.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
WEIGHTS PARLEY
WILL DRAW MANY
200 Officials and Scientists
to Convene Here for
4 Days.

Two hundred scientists and public
ofacials are expected in washington
tomorrow for the twenty-fifth National
Conference on Weights and Measures.
which will be held at the National
Bureau of Standards for three days
and at the Washington Hotel on
Friday.
Requirements ranging from permis-
sible sizes for milk bottles to the ac-
curacy of fuel oil truck tanks will be
taken up for the purpose OF drafting
model regulations to be passed on to
cities and States for adoption. Pro-
motion Of uniformity In weights and
measures Is the purpose OF the con-
ference.
The meeting will be the first held
since 1891, and many developments
have accumulated for study and action
in the intervening four years. Among
the newer devices to be exhibited are
erocers' scales, which show computed
prices on the customers side OF the
scales; gasoline measuring pumps.
which automatically register, IN full
view of the customer, the total price.
as well as the gallonage, Of his pur-
chase: sealed tin cans for dispensing
lubricating oil at filling stations, auto
matte printed records of scaled weights
and long distance registration Of scale
indications.
F.. s. Holbrook of the Bureau OF
Standards Is chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee, which has held sew
eral preparatory sessions to plan the
conference. Associated with him are
Joseph G. Rogers. Trenton, N. j.;
John p. Mcbride, Boston, and George
r. Austin, jr., Detroit.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
D. A. R. HITS LONG

WATERFOWL, N. Y, June = C9.-
The Jefferson County Agricultural
Society's invitation to Huey Long to
speak At the county fair has aroused
the opposition Of Daughters Of the
American Revolution in Watertown.
BY resolution the D. A. r. con-
demned Longs speeches as distinctly
Of the type which tend to stir up class
hatred and may have their
influence In bringing about an attempt
to overthrow our present form of gov
ernnnent, substituting o form which
to our mind would be distinctly un-
American"
Long has not replied to the invi-
tation.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
Report for Last AZ Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 80, 2:30 pm. yesterday.
Year ago, 81.
Lowest, 50. am. today. Year
ago. SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80. on April a.
Lowest, q, on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, sc per cent, at Sis am.
today.
Lowest, 80 per cent, at 1:4s pm.
yesterday.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1935-06-03
PROTECTED ny OFFICERS.
Ohie Steel Werkers Return 10 Jobs
Under Guard.

Ohie Steel Werkers Return 10 Jobs
Under Guard.
CANTON. Ohio, June ; P.-
Motor cycle policemen provided pro-
lection at two plants Of Republic
Steel Corp. subsidiaries today as
workers who voted to return TO their
Jobs entered unmolested.
Strikers walked the streets nearby,
but their every attempt 10 consre-
gate In groups was frustrated by the
circlink motor cycle ofacers.
Ofnciab OF the Stark Rolling Mil
and the United Alloy Co., Republic
subsidiaries, said their plants were
operating with near normal force. A
lesser percentage Of the workers at
the Berger Manufacturing Co., where
the strike originated, had returned.
Berger ofiicials had posted notice be-
fore the strike started, 10 days ago,
that any empioye who left his posi-
ton would forfeit his Job.
Mayor Turnbull ordered the motor
cycle patrolmen to the scene after q
vote Saturday showed 7,7e3 workers
In favor Of ending the strike against
164 against. His action followed an
appeal Of the workers to be protected
against pickets should they return.
The mayor declined TO order picket.
ing halted but the circitng motor
cycles accomplished much the same
result by making pickettng impossible
l. p. Rice, president of the loyalty
locals Of the Steel Workers Union. as
serted "the strike Is not over" but
he disclosed no plans for the future.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
D. c. FLOOD CONTROL
MEASURE DELAYED
Complications in Session OF Com
mittee Retard Report on
Legislation.

Complications in the executive ses-
sion Of the Flood Control Committee
today delayed the report on this bill
Carrying authorizations totalins s329.-
o0O, 900, including SSH 900 for projects
In the District.
The District items are for the build
ing of q levee near the Lincoln Memo
nal and for Strengthening the dikes
around the Arlington Experimental
Farm, the Naval Air Station and
Boiling Field. This Is in addition to
the raising of the grounds. which is
being carried out with p w. A. funds.
The District items have been ap-
proved by the committee for inclusion
in the food control bill when 1t Is
reported. The committee expects to
meet again the latter part Of this
week.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
LUMBER STRIKE
PEACE IN DOUBT
Hopes for Settlement Dulled
by Vote for Walkout
Continuation.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, June 3.-The general
Pacific Northwest lumber strike
seemed to be approaching q fork in
the road today-one trail leading back
to the mills and the other to strikers
conference and election at Aberdeen.
While the swing TO work was In.
creasins in the Lonsview and Port
land districts, the decision Of the
Northwest ehinsle workers Union
Council at Port Angeles to continue
the strike and q threat Of increased
picket lines at Aberdeen dulled some.
what the outlook for an early termi-
nation of the industry's troubles.
Steam was up In mills at Portland
and Longview, and approximately
5000 men were returning to work in
the huge Weyerhaeuser and Lonsbell
mills ut Longview. A total OF 1.50c
furniture workers were going back To
work in Portland.
oficials Of the Everett CWash.) Saw
Mill and Timber workers Union
sounded q gloomy note In saying they
we're convinced ma ajority Of the
strikers we're dissatisfied with the
"Lonsview settlement" OF 50 cent,
an hour "a scent increase) and q
40-hour week
The strike has drawn nearly 10000
men from mills and logging camps In
Oregon. washington, Idaho and Brit
ish Columbia.
PROTECTED ny OFFICERS.
Evening star., 1935-06-03

Lightning Hits Lights.
Lightning recently paralyzed Johan-
nesburg, South Africa. tIaffic lights
Evening star., 1935-06-03
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Local thun-
dershowers late this afternoon or to-
night. slightly cooler tonight; tomor-
row generally fair, slightly cooler;
moderate southwest shifting to west
winds.
Maryland - Local thundershowers
late this afternoon or tonight; slightly
cooler in central and west portions
tonight; tomorrow generally fair,
slightly cooler.
Virginia-Cloudy, probably showers
tonight and in south portion tomor-
row: slightly cooler In west and north
portions tonight.
West Virginia-LocaI Thunderstorm
ers this afternoon or tonight; cooler
In north and west portions tonight;
tomorrow partly cloudy.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
REHEARING ASKED

Petition to Supreme Court Urges
Stay Of Execution.
A delegation Of eight, mostly colored,
took petition to the Supreme Court
today asking stay Of execution and
rehearing for Angelo Herndon, a.,
colored, who was sentenced to inn
prisonment at Atlanta. Ga, on charges
of melting an insurrection.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
will be no duel. All differences have

will be no duel. All differences have
been settled amicably by u.s."
Previously it had been rumored that
the delay in the meeting on the field
Of honor had been caused by inabil-
ity to agree on whether swords or pis-
tolls should be used. BUT questioned as
to the details Of the settlement, the
seconds answered: This will remain
q secret between DR.. ooemboes and
DI. EckhArdt."
Evening star., 1935-06-03
Plan Free Clinic.

HYATTsvILLE, Nd, June 3 tspe-
ciaD "A free clinic for diseases of the
chest will be held In the county build
ing here June II at 10 am. by the
Maryland tuberculosis Association. 1t
will be In charge Of Or. John E.
O,Neill.
Evening star., 1935-06-03
HUNGARIAN PREMIER
NOT TO FIGHT DUEL
Seconds Announce Differences
With Eek hardt Have Been
Amicably Settled.
By the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, June 3-The aues-
tion Of the duel between Premier
julius Goemboes and Thor Eckhardt.
political leader, was settled today after
two days Of wranslins; there Will be
no duel.
Seconds for the two principals, after
q lengthy conference In the premier's 8
ofice, Issued the statement: There
Evening star., 1935-08-01

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