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The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Gin Marriag law referendum

Gin Marriage law referendum
A campaign to revocate Mont
apa's unpopular gin marriage" law
by referendum was launched to-
day by the Billings Commercial
Club.
Plans for the campaign were
made at a meeting of club trustees
this noon and a decision made to
invite all Montana chambers OF
commerce to join the drive.
Representatives of religious.
medical. and commercial organic
ations also will be asked to partic.
ipate. The new law has been
bitterly assaulted by various groups
since it became operative. on july
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
School Children
UrgedtoR Register

The recent exodus of residents
from the lower project towns be-
cause of flood conditions has made
the school problem in Fort PecK
and the surrounding towns more
complicated.
Some schools will have a larger
enrolment and others viii be
smaller. This necessitates con-
siderable readjustment in housing
and personnel. The proper author
tiles are working to solve the PROB
lem however, and a recent bulletin
at Fort Peck carries this announce
ment:
School registration will be held
at the permanent school on Aug
ust 1, 2,3 Those desiring to at
tend the Fort Peck school should
register at this time. The 9Th aud
10Th grades (1st and 2nd year OF
High SCHOOL, have been added TO
the Fort Peck School.
Enrolment will be August IL,
and 3.
An early registration in the neigh
boring project towns and a COM
parison of figures would help solve
the difficulties and speed up ethc-
lent work in the early part OF the
school year.
If you have high school students
for Fort Peck, now is the time 10
get them registered.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
$1,000, 600 So Far to Peck

GLASGOW, July 26,-A total OF
S71.OOO,O0O has been allotted by
the government for the Fort Peck
project. Initial allotments of S15'
OOO. 900 and $10,0OO,0O0 we're made
in October. 1888. Another allot'
ment Of S25, 900 was made il
1894. while 5000, 900 was al
lotted earlier this year and 20,
600 900 this week.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
WhiDplng Posts and Stocks

Whipping pests and stocks were ia
raiiiar Instruments of punishnents
and torture in county seats In Ohio
for q number Of years after It's ao'
mission. According to the law OF
1903, If a man attacked q womaa ne
was given 80 stripes across the back
but If he stole IA mule he was given
n. It was not until 1919 that this
whole repulsive practice was wlpec
out by repeating all laws requiring
whipping posts,
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Workman Loses Arm at Dam

Oscar Labody, Aggregate convey;
or operator, was caughtln the con-
veyor belt at the lower portals last
Wednesday afternoon. His right
arm was almost torn from the SOCK
ct and amputation vas necessary.
He also received a broken rib aud
a bad cash in the cheek. He was
taken to the Glasgow hospital and
at the last reports was doing as well
as could be expected.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Visit the Dashner Family

Mr. and Mrs Ray Halliday and
daughter from Fairfield, Mont
stopped in Wheeler Sunday on
their way to Fairyiew, They
looked up the Dashner family, the
lady that was killed on July 3 in
the storm here being an old school
mate OF Mrs Halliday.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

c. W. Brookshire, a Mason and
Walsh workman frcm the barracks,
was a Wheeler visitor last Satur'
day. He is a brother 'in-law OF
O C Cannon, also of the barracks
who expected his wife to live here
hut she had 10 return TO Havre Cd
account Of the illness of his mother
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
WEATHER REPORT

The following maximum temper
AZURE. minimum temp. and precip-
.itation readings are for the week
of July % to 20 inclusive. The per-
iod is in each case. from mid
night to midnight.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Th. Yellow Peril

The Yellow Peril was a scare, orig
inally raised In Germany IN the late
ninctieS OF last century. that the gel
low races of China and Japan would
in ii very few years have increased IN
population to such ar extent that In
cursiona upon the territories occupied
by the white races-follOwed by mas
sacres and every conceivable horror
we're inevitable.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
RECALLING CagaIIe Steamboat

A monument commemOrating the
sinking of the Gazelle, early William
cite river steamboat. was erected at
Oregon City, Ore, by the Daughters or
the American Revolution. Many lives
we're lost when the boiler of the
steamer exploded years ago..
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mrs C J.Villerup and daughters
Inez and Carol came from Billings.
Monday and are visiting her nus
band aud friends. Their son Lloyd
returned to Wheeler after a
months stay in Billings. Miss
Inez went on to visit friends and
relatives.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
VIII Purchase Land for Dam

The war department today ap-
proved the purchase Offour parcels
of land totaling 1,115.92 acres
within the reservoir area OF the
Fort Peck dam for $13,826. AS
part of the consideration of the land,
owners are permitted to remain on
the land until May l, 1887.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mrs c. R. Casterline of Miles
City Ave. enjoyed a visit from Mrs
Nat. Goodwin Of Frazer last week.
Both their husbands work oh the
dam.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

The David Levison Contracting Go.
moved the Kearney Store to Del
ano Heights Tuesday. 1t is under
stood that another business house
will shortly move onto the KearII-
ey location in Wheeler.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mr. and Mrs j. E. Jansen return
ed Sunday from a two weeks VISIT
with MIR yansen's father at Peoria,
iii. Mr. jansen reports crops ID
the central west as looking quite
GOOD and business conditions IN
DrOVDp.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Marine Diver Visits the Catfish in River Bottom at Cutoff
BIRTHS

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs
Fred Ray of Wheeler at Scobey
on July %. The infant was the
Iightest ever recored at the Scobey
hospital, only weighing 8 3-4 lbs.
Mother and child are doing well.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Dairies Consolidate

Tim Mccoy of the Riverside
Dairy reports the consolidation of
his dairy with the Hi Line Dairy
and the Normont Dairy. Now 1t
could ibe called the 3,in-one.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mr. and Mrs Cedric linquist pur-
chased a nice cabin of Elmer John
son of the Johnson Hotel. Their
new home is well located OH LIST
Ave South. Mr. Germain made
the deal.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mr. and Mrs P. 6. Mccain had
as a guest Mrs M. B. Gordon from
Spokane, Wash, She remalnen
two weeks and returned home last
Sunday morning.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

The Glasgow band and booster
club gave fine concerts in the var
ions project towns last Saturday
evening advertising the Glasgow
fair. These concerts were apprec-
lated by local residents. we IN
wife them to return at any time.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Goggles to protect automobile
drivers from the glare OF approaching
headlights consist of aluminium cones
with small holes near the points, a
wearer fitting his head slightly to pre-
vent light beams entering his eyes.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Ole Hansen of McGregor, N. d.
visited his daughter and husband
Mr. end Mrs Ben Gorick of GLASGOW
While here MI Hansen Inspected
the dam and visited the wilson
tOwnsite.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Memoyia! to War Nurses

A bronze and marble memorial was
recently dedicated in the garden OF he
new American Red Cross headquarters
building in Washington in honor Of
the 205 American nurses who died In
the World war.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Dueto the hot weather the bas-
ket supper at Valley City drew a
lipht attendance but those present
sum was raised for public improve
ment. The Commercial Club has
more ideas for money raising
which they will put ov,r later.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mr. and, Mrs Paul Schoenbereer
Of Wyota, the govt and Great
Northern junction town, were
Wheeler visitors one day recently,
This office Acknowledges a pleasant
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Portrayed In cid Indian legends, bus
never actually seen by hunters, u b!acE
wolf was trapped near Savanna, west
of Ft. william, Ont. 1t Is the FIRST
pure black wolf that has been report
ed La several decades.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Home from Yellowstone park

Mr.. & Mrs. Chas. Penly and son
Billv. Mr.. & Mrs Elmer Ellefsen 4
Howard Spencer made a motor trip
of several days thru Yellowstone
Park and report a very enjoyable
time.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mr. and Mrs George W. Counts of
Jordan spent several days last
week visiting at the house of their
sons in Wheeler.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Mrs Oscar Skog of Wheeler re-
turned frotl Great Falls last week
having had an operation for sinus
trouble at the Columbus hospital
Her husband is govt blacksmith
here.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

MI and Mrs C. R. Collins OF
Wheeler enjoyed a visit from her
mother Mrs Geo. T1udo Of KalIspell
over the week end. Mr. Collins
works,for the Govt.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

Those who walk in Urumchi, capital
of Sinkiang, are looked down upon
Everyone OF any Importance rides, and
the better the mount the greater the
respect accorded the rider.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
NEWS

J.C Steller and Earl Battleson
OF Valley City made the Press
office a pleasant call this week.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
The Tunnel Outlet Retaining Walls
are Cemented-up; Upper Portals next

hand, they are all set to 90 in a
real way. An interesting item
of WORK going on is the bending of
steel reinforcing bars with a new
electric bending machine. This
machine can bend two N inch
square bars at once.
The Spillwgy is Cement river
A power shovel is excavating
for a row of concrete slabs across
the channel in front of the gates.
An awkward looking affair called
a "pull shovel" is dressing off the
side slopes. A small crawler crane
is used to lower sections of wood
forms, mats of steel bars. and con
crete into place in the excavation.
Martin Wunderlich. at the river
end of the spillway, has cut him.
self off from the upper haul road
to the spoil bank and is now using
the lover road exclusively. The
! side slopes of the Spillway channel
are now defined throughout the
whole of his part of the work.
Use of bottom-dump wagons in
tandem has been discontinued.
The big mudhole which came into
existence during the recent rains
has now completely dried up. In
fact, it is necessary to keep a
sprinkler wagon going to lay the
dust on the haul roads under the
fleet of dump trucks.
The Massman Construction Co.,
locally known as SpiIlwaS Builders
Inc, are excavating as fast as
possible. Rain storms taught the
wisdom of making a hey-day of
dirt moving while the sun shines.
Visitors to the job declare they
never saw any thing like it the
way those 80 dump trucks and 9
power shovels carry on.
Sunken Dredge is Raised
The Madison was in the lead on
yardage dredeed during the period
of July II to July 20 inclusive. al
though it is still possible for the
Missouri to slip into the lead by
the end of the month. The Mad
ison had 'chalked up 45l 800 cub
ic yards to her credit while the
Missouri was close behind her
with 430,490 cubic yards. Both
crews are anxiously awaiting the
figures indicated by cross sections
of the borrow pits at the end of
the month.
The raising of the submerged
booster has been successfully COM
pleted. The machinery and equip
ment is being cleaned up and
dried out. This will take some
time since there was considerable
electric equipment aboard.
Dredge Jefferson is pumping
through the longest pipeline-over
$4,000 feet. at the present time.
However, even with this long
stretch of conduit behind her. the
two big $500 h. p. electric motors
are pushing the material along
like duck SOUP.
those Niger Heads are PLACID
To date, about 10000 cubic
yards of boulders have been dump
ed along the upstream toe of the
dam on the west bank. These
Doulders are being piled OF the
top of the pile of toe gravel. The
latter is already in place in the
amount of over X million cubic
yards. This means that the Gov
eminent railroad crews have had
their hands full "spotting" the
many cars of heavy materials. All
together, 1865 loads were handled
during the week. The Ills cars
of gravel SO cars of ballast. SO
cars of sand, 513 cars of rock. and
% cars of cement were only part
of 1868 cars which brought in 1872
262 net tons during the week.
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The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

The retaining wall along the
south side of the open cut at the
outlet portals of the four Fort
Peck diversion tunnels has been
completed. This finishes the con-
crete work for this part of the
Mason & Walsh contract. The
north retaining wall leading away
from the portals was completed
recently as we'll as the headwallS
between the tunnel portals. App
roximately 100000 cubic yards of
concrete went into these. walls
There should be added to this
amount, 32,122 cubic yards which
were poured into the channel floor
lining. Floor and walls required
1,O17,665 lbs. of structural steel
and 10, ,343 lbs. of steel rein
forcing bars.
Upper End Tunnels are Next
Mason & Walsh's men turned
over their new concrete mixing
plant at the upper portals for the
first time and found it worked as
intended. A little more time to
prepare a way of getting the con
crete from the mixers over to the
headwall and they are ready to 90
with the mud, as the men call
the fresh concrete. A large am
cunt of steel is being stored in the
yards near the upper portals
This is being taken in through the
pilot tunnels to the bases of the
gate shafts where it is used to
brace the roof and walls of the
enlargement being made for the
concrete foundations of the shafts,
About 432,UO0 lbs. of structural
steel have already gone in through
the portals for this purpose,
Enlargement of pilot tunnels,
starting at the lower portals, has
progressed 70 #. in No. 1; 33H #,
in No, 2; 26 fl, in No. 3; and 22H
fl. in No. 4. All together 48 ring
beams have been set in place.
During the week, the j. L
Shelly Co., at Cole, Montana. de-
livered concrete Aggregates to the
Government for use at the tunnels
as follows: 5000 tons sand, $500
cubic yards of fine gravel, and
1000 cubic yards of coarse gravel.
These were unloaded by the tunn-
ell contractors and distributed by
their $40 foot overhead conveyOr
system into stock piles. Bulk Gem
ent in the amount of 5000 bills,
came in box cars, and was pump
ed like a liquid into the storage
silos
Diver Burns off Wall in watr
The Frazier Davis Construction
Co., contractors on the cutoff wall,
who. brought in a marine diver to
burn off the top ends of the steel
piline below the water surface, re-
port the successful completion of
this work. A total of So sheets
we're cut off in IN days time with
out the semblance of an accident
to mar the work. This is all the
more noteworthy when it is realiZ-
ed that in the muddy water of the
river. the diver could not actually
sec what he was doing. The driv-
ing gantry on the west abutment
is slowly working its way up the
slope. A large set of blocks and
tackle enable the rig to pull Itself
up the hill.
Addison Miller Inc, have swung
info action in earnest on the gate
structure at the spillway. Two
slabs of the approach channel floor
lining have been poured with con-
crete. These units are 20 fl. wide
by 40 feet long and 8 feet thick
with a 4-foot square cutoff collar
under one edge. With 10000 tons
of sand, $500 cubic yards of fine
Gravel, 10000 cubic yards of coarse
gravel, fl,14O bhls. of bulk cement
and 1900 bags of cement and ab'
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Brevfties on the pam

The north retaining wall at the
down stream tunnel portal has
been completed.
Enlargement of the pilot tunnels
is under way.
The Frazier Davis job is about
80 % complete.
1t taxes a total of 34,620 feet OF
pipeline to carry muck from the
dredges to the fill.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Pat & Allan Wagar of Wheeler
drove to Scobey Mon. the former
returning Tuesday.

The Wheeler post office opened
for business on Tuesday, July 80.
This service will be of great benefit
to our growing little city.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01
Curfew Does Not Ring

Youngstown (Ohio) still has an $3.50
o'clock curfew law. though the curfew
has not rung for many years.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

New automatic machines for vend'
Ing season tickets in London
reject bad coins.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-08-01

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The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Dinner February 8

The Ambassador of Italy, Sig
nor Augusta RosSo, will entertain
at dinner Wednesday evening,
February 6, at the Embassy in
Sixteenth Street.
~
The Ambassador of Germany,
DR.. Hans Luther, will entertain
at dinner tomorrow evening, at
the Embassy in Massachusetts,
Avenue, in honor of the United
States Ambassador to Germany
and Mrs. William E. Dodd, and
their daughter, Miss Dodd.
Mr.. Lewis Douglas, former
Director of the Budget, and Mr..
Williamson S. Howell, first Sec
retary at the United States EN-
bassy in Paris, are among those
arriving today in New York on
the Europa.
Senator and Mrs. Royal s.
Copeland entertained at dinner
last evening at the Shoreham,
in compliment to the formers
sister, Miss Copeland, and Mrs.
McComber, who are their guests
at the hotel for a brief stay.
Mrs. Copeland and Mrs. Nc.
Comber plan to leave Wash.
ington today for Venice, Fla,
where Senator and Mrs. Cope
land have a winter home,
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
To Fete New
Senator's Wife

dinner was planned as a fare
we'll for them.
The United States Minis
ter to Finland, Edward AL
bright, is being widely feted
during his visit in the Cap
ital, and in addition to at
tending the dinner given by
the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hull, Tuesday night,
was honor guest at a lunch
con given by Robert F. Kel-
ley, of the State Department.
One of the most delight
ful dinner parties of the
season aUas given by Mr..
and Mrs. r. Golden Don-
aldson, the other evening,
for Josephine Roche, the
meW Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, aOho is an
old friend of the hostess,
aOho is one of Washing
toms most talented aUomen.
X X X
Cheerio, to you all!
Mu4y hJo5
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Virginia Notab|es Join Crowd
Enjoying Boating and
Racing in Florida

the Rainbow off Newport last
summer.
Jerry Lambert has asked Mr..
Charles Francis Adams, ex.
Secretary of the Navy, and
Mr.. Nichols, son-in-law of j.
P. Morgan, to sail with him
on the Yankee. They are all
very enthusiastic about going
over to sail in British waters.
X y X
The largest fleet of private
yachts ever in Miami waters is
swinging at anchor, or moored
to docks in Biscayne Bay, just
now. The yachts have been
valued at more than 100 mil.
lion dollars.
Other boats besides the At.
lantic that have arrived are j.
P. Morgan's Corsair, Vincent
Astor'S Nourmahal, Hiram Man
ville'S Hi-Es-Maro, Alfred I. du
Points Gadfly, Alexander Dallas
Thayer's Queen Anne, Walter
Blumenthal'S Sally III, Mrs.
John j. Whites Siesta and
Maviair, which has just been
sold by H. H. Haggerty to A.
P. Miller of SparrowS Point,
Maryland. Two arrivals from
Canada are Edward j. Mobiles
Monotoana and e. L. Ruddy'S
Halcyon.
There are smaller boats ar
irving every day, including
Schooners. yawls, and Sloops,
whose owners are getting ready
for the Miami-Nassau ocean
Thresh," starting February IL.
All these boats. of every size,
look too beautiful lying off Mi
ami in the sun, but they look
just as lovely by moonlight the
way we saw them last night.
I am afraid hunting will start
up again in Virginia before I
get to Nassau. I don't wish
you all any hard luck, but hope
I can go.
At the races yesterday at
Hlaleah Park were Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Grace, who have
just arrived from Warrenton,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp Wezzell,
of st. Louis, had with them in
their box Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Lambert, Of st. Louis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Stacy Lloyd, Of Virginia,
and Mr. Thomas Pierce.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

sailing in, a mass Of gleam-
ing white, it's black hull re-
flected against the blue waters
of the Gulf Stream. She
sailed in very close to shore
so as to avoid the Gulf
Stream, and We had a good
look at her.
Strong east winds made the
big boat heel way over, pro.
viding a fine marine spectacle
for those watching on shore.
With Mr.. Lambert on the At
lantic were Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ris Brownell and Gen. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, Franklin RooSe-
welt, jr., was to have made the
trip with them, but could not
come at the last minute when
they left New York January IA.
The party from the Atlantic
has joined Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
at the Nautilus Hotel, and
after a few days here, we are
all going to Nassau on the
Atlantic for a week.
The Atlantic, which won the
transatlantic race in 1905,
leaves Boston early in April.
in company, with the Yankee.
which Jerry Lambert bought
last fall. He has just de-
cided to send the Yankee over
to England to meet T. o. M.
Sopwjth's cup challenger, En-
deavo6r, which was beaten by
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Mrs. Roosevelt was the guest
in whose honor Mrs. Claude A.
Swanson, wife of the Secretary
of the Navy, entertained at a
luncheon today at her residence
in R Street. This was another
in the series of luncheons given
by the wives Of the Cabinet of.
ficers for the First Lady.
The guests included Mrs. John
Nance Garner, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, Sonora de Espil, Nine.
Saito, Mrs. Cordell Hull, Nine.
Bostrom, Nine. Pelenyi, Mrs.
George H. Dern, Mrs. Harold L.
1ckes, Mrs. Henry A. Wallace,
Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt,
Mrs. William H. Standley, Mrs.
Stanley Reinhart, Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis, Miss Mary
Patten, Mrs. Hiram Johnson,
Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. AL.
vim T. Hert, Miss Janet Rich
ards, Mrs. James Crawford
Biggs, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone,
Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs.
David F. Sellers, Mrs. William
Cabell Bruce, Mrs. Henry L.
Stimson, Mrs. Edgar Wood, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Alex
ander Weddell and Mrs. Frank
j. Fletcher.
The Ambassador of the Union
Of Soviet Socialist Republics
and Nine. Troyanovsky re-
turned to the Capital by plane
today from Los Angeles in or
der to be here in time to at
tend the White House dinner.
The Ambassador, who left
here on october 2 for Russia,
returned by way of Honolulu,
where he was met late in De-
cember by Nine. Troyanovsky,
who accompanied him back.
They left Los Angeles yester-
day and their son, Oleg, who
was with them and who is re-
turning by train, will join them
here later.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

a leader for a number Of years
in society here, was used by
members of the Riding and
Hunt Club for jaunts through
the park, and drawn by two
fine horses, Southland and
Frederick, it was quite the
most imposing equipage seen
on the Snow-covered roads.
A few courageous souls out in
the country decided to do some
skiing, and rocketed down hill.
sides into the fluff. throwing up
a white spray as they penciled
tracks in the smooth snow.
Others who attempted this sport
without sufficient previous in
Struction, billowed down the
slopes like schooners under full
sail, before one foot left the
other and they found themselvs
sitting down rather abruptly,
and considerably bewildered
over their plight.
When skating is at all pos.
sible, the young diplomats from
Northern Europe will show
much hidden talent, for this is
a sport at which they excel, and
one in which they find little op.
portunity to practice here, as
our winters are generally too
mild.
Literally hundreds Of grown.
ups, as well as children, spent
yesterday afternoon and eve
ming coasting in Rock Creek
Park, where particularly hilly
roads were roped off for their
use, and prominent among these
were Dolly Fleming and Mary
Dwight, with a merry group of
young people.
9'%Y ee"''".
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

given by the latter this season, one
might we'll have supposed one was
visiting in some region in far away
New England.
Rock Creek Park, Foundry Branch
Park and Massachusetts, Avenue were
a glittering panorama of snow, with
frozen fingers of frost hanging from
roofs and trees, that sounded in the
stiffness as they swayed to and fro
in the wind, like old crones chattering.
Washington, which is city of beau
tiful vistas at all times, takes on a
magnificence when it is blanketed in
snow, that has an old world quality
particularly suggestive of Paris,
with which our Capital frequently is
compared.
From the windows in the apartment