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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
SPILLWAY GATE
NOW COMPLETED
STRUCTURE AT FORT PECK
DAM FINISHED

Will Be Used Only in Case of Extreme
Flood Emergency; Water Can Be
Passed Through the Gates at the
Rate of liz, OO0, 900 Gals. Per Minute.
The stately concrete and steel
structure across the entrance to
completed. Another lasting land
mark is added to the collection OF
features comprising the army en-
gineers' great project on he Mis-
souri, river. Supporting 16 heavy
steel gates and surmOunted by a
concrete highway bridge the tower
ing structure stands in a graceful
curve as a controlled barrier to
the upper Is feet of water which
will be stored in the huge Fort
Peck reservoir. Since the lake will
be of vast extent when filled, the
top Is feet will represent approxi-
mately 80 percent of its contents.
This is to say that some O0,000,-
OOO,0 0 gallons of water car be held
back r released at will independently
of the four tunnels under the dam. In
case of an extraordinary flood, which
would otherwise menace the colossal
earth dam, water can be passed through
the gates and down the concrete lined
channel at the rate of 10000, 900 gal
Ions per minute.
The work just completed includes the
gate structure, with control tower. and
a separate maintenance shop building.
BituminouS Surfacing for roads and
driveways which must be placed while
hot is being deferred until spring. al
though the gravel base courses have
been laid and rolled.
The contractors are removing their
equipment and job buildings. except
concrete mixer plant, and are cleaning
up the site.
Quantities of materials used at the
gate structure are interesting. The fol-
lowing make up the list of important
items: excavation and backfill-66.-
900 cubic yards. concrete-20O 900 cubic
yards. structural steel and castings
5000, 900 pounds, reinforcing steel bars
is, TBS 900 pounds, railroad and crane
tracks-2,56O feet. electric conduit
5000 lineal feet, drain tile-15.0oo
lineal feet, joints caulked-26,100 lineal
feet, waterproof spray paint on shale
and concrete-3,300 900 square feet, and
$500 feet of approach roadways % to
SO feet wide.
Another important item in the con-
tract is the concrete ratings along
both sides of the mile -long channel.
This is also completed leaving only
the cutoff structure at the lower end
of the spillway still to be finished.
Over 500 men are hard at work on this
part of the job trying to get it done
before the worst of the winter is upon
them. Only about 10000 of the 10000
cubic yards Of excavation in the cutoff
wall job remains to be done.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

In n days when n Carlisle Indian
school was hot-shotting in football,
Glenn Pop Warner was the master
mind behind the hocuspocus ram
sactions the Red team would dispense
for the edification of the fans and the
beWilderment of opposing teams. Car
Isle teams were tricky. They were
wholesalers and retailers i n plain and
fancy football magic.
The prize Carlisle piece of ledgerde-
main was sprung on a Harvard a
many years ago.. On a kickoff, Charley
Dillon, Indian quarterback, raced the
length of the field for a touchdown.
extricated the ball from his sweater.
Harvard protested. The rule book with
it's many paragraphs and clauses was
free of mention of hidden balls. The
score stood. Harvard took it on the
chin that day. The hidden ball trick
waS the margin of victory. Before an
other season rolled by. the rules com
mittee had outlawed h Carlisle trick.
In 1922, Butte and Missoula high
school teams played at Clark park. 1t
was a nifty football melodrama. Butte
had piled up 10 first downs to Mis-
soula's eight. A kid named Kelly. wild
Bill" was his monicker, kept Mlssoula
in the ball game. That kid was in
Butte's hair all day.
"Wild Bill" Fooled Everyone
With four minutes to go n the
score tied at Is all, the ball was in
Missoula's possession on Butte's 60
yard line. Missoula came out OF the
huddle. A criss-cross play was un-
loosed; The play maneuvers completely
bewildered the Butte team. A touch
down. Someone converted. The score
was Missoula 20, Butte 10. Butte was
eliminated from the state race.
How was the touchdown manufac-
tured? Newspaper accounts, the next
day. said that Kelly scored on a crisis
cross play
Kelly did. He crossed everyone-of-
~ficials, scorers, spectators.
AS Wild Bill raced down the field
with arms swinging to and fro, Butte
players allowed him to go his way
unmolested. When Bill arrived at the
pay stripe, simultaneously with o
his Missoula mates, it was apparent
the three Missoula players scored?
Kelly admitted that he made the touch
down. And that was that.
In the meantime. Missoula was elm
mated in the playoffs. Miles City and
Great Falls battled for the state title
the former team winning.
Hidden Ball Beat Butte
Another football season was over.
Bill Kelly couldn't keep a secret for too
long a time. Bill thought it was too
good to keep. The winning touchdown
against Butte was a Kelly masterpiece
that Bill wanted a lot of people to know
about.
Kelly reported that he had resorted
to a hidden ball play. The ball. he
admitted, was lodged between his hide
and jersey.
On that day, in the game against
Butte, Kelly did everything,-punt,
pass, ~ball-carry, block, tackle-he wa
the spark plug for his team. Kelly
paraded his skill before a big CROWD
in the stands and to a croWd OF BuIIe
footballers. Both crowds watched Bill
closely on every play-but not close
enough to see the Irish boy make a
football do a fade-away for Sc yards
and-a touchdown-the winning one
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
NO MIR FUNDS
ARE AVAILABLE
GRANTS COME TO END FOR HIGH
WAY CONSTRUCTION WORK
IN MONTANA

Montana will receive no more
national industrial recovery funds
for highway construction, State
Auditor John j. Holmes said re-
Gently. The auditor said he was adj
vised by the bureau Of public roads
that no more money would be
forthcoming under the MIR fund
in line with the national admins
tration's policy of reducing expen-
ditures on recovery projects.
Holmes office began clearing up de-
tails preparatory to closing the MIR
account on the state books.
Records of the auditors office show
$13, 346 900 has been expended in Mon
tana through the MIR fund since it
was established in July, 1884.
There remained in the fund on No
vember l, $3O2, 1924 0 the auditor said
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

The late Wild Bill wrote a lot of
football history for Missoula high
and Montana U. His execution of
the hidden ball trick to defeat
Butte high Is years ago is described
in the accompanying article.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
Bob Karsted, was a gentle

manager, Bob Karsted, was a gentle
man.
Eddie fought at Billings in 1914.
Eddie was a brother of Middleweight
Bob, who fought in Butte several times.
The younger Moha arrived in Bill
lings from Milwaukee. He reported to
Carl Orloff, matchmaker, and explained
that his manager would arrive in a
few days.
Il don't believe I know Karsted,"
said Orloff. What kind of a fellow
is hep" was his question.
And the younger Moha gave forth
his opinion-the opinion you read about
bahamas and a knife.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
SPURNED BIG LEAGUE BID

R. Emmett Brown Of Bozeman, gen.
eral agent for the farm credit admin
istration, with headquarters at Spo-
kane, spurned an offer to play with
the Chicago National league baseball
club 40 years ago.
Brown elected to come to Montana
to play ball and to engage in various
business enterprises.
While playing on a Notre Dame
team, Brown and three of his mates
caught the fancy of big league scouts.
Mike Powers, catcher. signed with Phil
adelphia; Lee Gibson, pitcher, caught
on with Boston, and ~SockaleXis, the
first Indian in the major leagues,
played in Cleveland'S outfit.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
NEW CIRCULAR

"Some Montana Birds, Their Rela-
ton to Insects and Rodents" is the
title of a new circular issued by the
Montana agricultural experiment sta
ton at Bozeman. Written by DR.. H. B.
Mills, state entomologist and head of
the entomology department at Mon
tana State college, it points out that
not all birds are as harmful to crops,
poultry and domestic animals as many
persons have been led to believe. Copies
may be obtained by writing the exper-
iment station.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

of the park, the ticket windows would
be opened to accommodate those who
wanted to see the second contest. Us
ually a half hour would be consumed
in emptying and filling the parks.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
TRICK MISSED AT BILLINGS

There was a football game played
at Billings in 1909. Independent teams
of Livingston and Billings spent several
hours on a Sunday afternoon commit,
ting assault and battery in a modified
way. Neither team scored.
Sometime in the heat of battle, Bill
lings elected to try a hidden ball trick.
Al Clanton, tall, lean halfback. was the
man who yielded to the tryout.. =.
"Cub Boyer. Billings end. dashed
from his position. received the ball
from Center Ralph Morris. Boyer
stuffed the rioskin under Clanton's
Jersey. The ball was hidden but Clan
ton. with a protruding frontpiece. was
not.
The play was good for a gain-of
one yard. The hiding place was OBJ
vious-particularly to Livingston play
ers who charged big Al enmasse.
One Livingston player tried to steal
the ball from its sweatered hiding
place. He was left-hooked by Clanton
for his larceny attempt.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

The strength increase beyond that of
mild steel in high tension steel is OBJ
tanned by either increasing the pro-
portion Of carbon in the steel or intro
ducing nickel, chromium or other
metals.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

Most of that money, he explained, will
be used in paying vouchers and out
standing bills. What remains will be
refunded to the federal government.
Montana highway construction here
after will be financed through the
state and federal highway trust funds.
it was explained.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

There are practically only two dis
tinct kinds Of wolves in America-the
large gray timber wolf and the coy
ote, or prairie wolf.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26
OLD DOUBLE BILLS DOUBLE PAYS

Baseball doubleheaderS nowadays are
merchandised as bargain attractions.
In the old days, in many Montana
cities. a doubleheader meant two
games for two admissions.
As soon as game was out of the
way, the patrons would rush to the
exits. When the last customer wa out
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-11-26

SIGN OF A GENTLEMAN
He wears pajamas and doesn't eat
with a knife"
That was the way Eddie Moha,
lightweight boxer. explained that his
The Washington times., 1937-03-26
to Bepent
Denise Could Have Had
All the Luxur1es That
Riches Can Buy
RY URSULA PARROTT

He steadied himself And in Keith Shedie stirred kind
admiration for the iron of that tall
figure.
Eustace But my wishes concerning you are
fairly irrelevant Since Felicia happens to prefer you to
that's that, All must know, to guide my conduct is
that you intend to see her through"
The Washington times., 1937-03-26
CHAPTER XVI

On that narrow strip of beach
between the chalk cliffs, Denise
lay quiet after swimming, drew
lines and curves and geometric
patterns with pebble on the hard
sand, and let her thoughts run.
Felicia had gone to London to
meet Keith Sheldie. would bring
him down in time for dinner.
1t was almost two months since
Gilbert had sailed, and since Fe-
liCia had said: Il want Keith to
come here. You must help me. -
And she had said firmly: "I'll
do nothing of the sort"
Not all Felicia's arguments and
persuaSions moved her from that
refusal-and Felicia knew it-but
an idea in her own mind: a growth
of the thought she had told Gin.
bert in Russia in the spring
Until do something to solve that
situation, that situation will pos
Sess me-"
She would let Keith come, then
and when she saw him, she would
know what she thought, what she
meant to do. Gilbert'S undoubted
disapproval did occur to her, but
did not seem important, measured
against the necessity to know her
own heart at last. When she de-
cided, she was as dextrous as Fe.
licia could have been, in con-
vinCing her father and mother
that to let Keith visit them was
desirable.
Denise waited with an i'm
patience no less than Felicia's,
after Keith cabled, Sailing i'll
fortnight Just as soon as sling is
off arm" and then cabled his sail
ing date.
But she was determined no one
should guess her impatience, least
of all Felicia. She and her sister
swan together, rode together,
talked as lightly as in their very
young girlhood. But they never
talked about anything in their
thoughts.
Except once, Felicia said: de
Mise, are you glad you married Gil.
bert?"
Naturally"
you really dislike me nowh-
days. don't you?"
How intense you are, Felicia!
! expect it's because you've been
i'll, and aren't yourself yet"
Felicia did not try again after
that.
Stubbornly Denise told herself:
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EuStace drawled: Il think ]
should kill YOU"
Keith stood up, limping little
u don't doubt it. My question was
bneXcusable, except on the grounds
OF curiosity. Naturally, I'm seeing
her through if that's what she
wants. She hasn't sent for me-"
DO you have to be sent for2"
"Yes, under the circumstances.
can't we'll force myself on Mr.
and MIS-. Rendale, or on Mr.. and
Mrs Wndon-or on Felicia her
SELF"
Eustace nodded, but not as il
all that were important. You
mean to marry Felicia?"
The agony that question cost
him he could not quite conceal.
Keith answered simply "YeS, if
she'll have me-"
do you know what you want,
sheldie,"
That was a surprising question
"Why?"
L thought you were devoted to
Felicia s sister, not very long ago. "
do most people know what they
want?"
Yes" Eustace Dayne said. 1--WE
always know. I've never had any
doubts at all"
Keith drew sudden long
breath. Probably that quiet figure
had always known. There lay his
strength-and his weakness, be-
cause he would never be able to
substitute.
If you came to get assurances,
for Felicla'S sake, I'm glad to give
them"
Yes, assurances" Eustace re-
peated. It's harder than I
thought, to have to ask"
Keith thought: I'D like to tell
him the whole truth-that his wife
and 1 we're never lovers. But GER
tainly he would not believe me. It
was for Felicia to convince him of
that, if she chose. Clearly she did
not choose, else he would not be
here"
You do mean to take care of
her?"
IF she wants me to-" Keith said
again. "As to that, I'm not as con-
vinced as you seem to be-" Then
he wished he had not added that,
for it was most dreadful to see the
sudden hope flash in those steady
eyes.
IF I wasn't convinced, I'd hold
on, still" AS if that admission was
wrung from him!
The butler came in, said. Gable
gram, Mr.. Sheldie. I thought it
might be important" and went
away again.
will you excuse me. Dayne?"
Keith tore the envelope open,
glanced at the message and then
handed it to Eustace. It read:
Will you come to us as soon
as convenient stop Felicia very
eager to see you.-Denise.
Eustace said: Are you going?"
Keith nodded.
Eustace laid the cablegram down
carefully on a table, said quickly,
There was more I meant to say,
but now it is not necessary, per
hapS," and went out of the room
without any good-by.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
Aircraft Strikers
Warned to Leave

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb. "a
GN.S0.-Warning Of serious con,
sequences, Donald W. Douglas,
head of the Douglas Aircraft Cor
poration, today demanded that
300 sitdown strikers evacuate the
plant.
Douglas ultimatum, addressed
to "the unauthorized occupants of
the Douglas plant" was greeted
with derision by the workmen who
have been in possession since yes
terday morning when they struck
for union recognition and pay in.
creaseS.
Approximately $500 men are
employed by the vast enterprise.
one of the largest aircraft plants
in the world, which has some $24,.
100000 of untitled orders on its
books. $19,0O0,000 Of them for the
Federal Government.
Warns of TrespaSsing
Douglas statement read:
"The management wishes -
notify you that by reason Of
work having been shut down
pursuant to previous notice
posted, by remaining on the
premises you are trespaSSing and
are illegally upon the c0mpany's
property.
eve request that you vacate
the premises and stop treSpasS-
ing on the cOmpany'S property.
eve wish to remind you that
a large part Of the work In pro-
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
Probe Hears CHARGES
OF G-M Terror ReiGn'

Charges that General Motors
inaugurated q reign of terror
to discourage union organization
activities in its plants were made
yesterday before the La Toilette
Senate Civil Liberties Committee,
Since the present truce was
reached in the automobile strike,
union members have been dis
missed on "framed-up" accuSa-
tions, Robert c. Travis, organizer
for the United Automobile Work
ers, testified.
Asserting the attitude Of Gen.
eral Motors officials toward union
activities Is unchanged since the
strike, Travis told the, committee
union members "are afraid to wear
union buttons" He added:
when Flint was being evacu.
ated by the national guard after
the strike truce, the company
circulated application blanks
amOpg the guardsmen from
Grand Rapids to permit them to
apply for patrol jobs in the
plants.
"Just before the strike began
the company manufactured 1000
blackjacks In plant 8 at Flint.
These were distributed among
the factory patrol force"
Senator La Toilette (P), of Wis
consin, chairman of the commit
tee, produced what he said was
one Of the b1ackjacks. It was a
short length Of garden hose, one
end weighted with a metal bolt.
Travis declared General Motors
''has its fingers in the State re.
lief program" He said that on
instructions from the company,
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men who were laid off have been
denied relief until they appeal
first to the company for a loan.
The union organizer told the
committee union membership in
Flint dropped from $4,000 to 122
in the last two years. He attrib-
uted this largely to use of "pri.
vate spying agencies who report
the names of those active in union
affairs" He added:
"When I went into Flint to
rebuild the membership, we had
to hold our meetings secretly
in cellars of private homes. The
men realized if they were known
to be active in union matters
they would lose their jobs. They
were terrified"
Joseph B. Ditzel, Of Toledo, de-
scribed efforts to establish a To-
cal of the United Auto Workers
in Saginaw, Mich. He said he
and his companions were severely
beaten by armed thugs imported
from Toledo to smash union OF.
ganizing efforts"
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
DR.. TOWNSEND
RESTS CASE

Probability that a United States
District Court jury would begin
it's deliberation over the guilt or
innocence DR.. Francis E. Town
send, advocate Of old-age pensions,
on trial for contempt of the House,
became virtually certain at noon
today when the defense abruptly
rested its case.
Opposing counsel, Assistant
United States District Attorney
Harry Underwood and Defense At
torney Elisha Hanson, immediate
ly submitted to Justice Peyton Cor
don instructions which they seek
to have included in the courts
charge.
The charge TO the jury win be
given this afternoon and closing
arguments are expected to be COM
pleted before the end Of the day.
Things moved swiftly when the
trial resumed today. Justice Cor.
don instructed the jury to bring q
directed verdict on one count Of
the two-count indictment and over
ruled a motion for a direct YER
dict on the other count.
Two witnesses
Attorney Hanson placed but two
witnesses on the stand, Repre-.
sentative John H. Towland D)
Of California, who, as q member
Of the Bell old-age pension In
vestigating committee, filed q
minority report, and the tall, gray
haired defendant himself.
Through Representative Tow
land, Attorney Hanson attempted
to show that any witness before
the Bell committee would be juSti
fled in refusing to answer ques
tions. Representative Towland
identified his minority report, but
the objection of United States Dis
trict Attorney Leslie C. Garnett tt
its admission in evidence was sus
tanned.
Justice Gordon likewise sus
tanned an objection to a question
as to DR.. Townsend'S attitude
during the investigation.
Appears Briefly
DR.. Townsend made a brief ap
pearance on the witness stand to
day. Denying that he had been
guilty Of contempt to the House
he told the jury he had gone tc
the committee hearing last May
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GUN GIRL CUTS
OUT WEEPING
Continued from Page ~

Continued from Page II
ing a grocers' meeting, the gir
asked 15-year-old Andrew Schwartz
the grocer's son, for a bottle O
liquor. The son called his mother
Mrs. Rose Schwartz, IS. AS sh'
was selecting q bottle of liquo!
the girl brandiShed a revolver anC
ordered:
Put them up. Give me all
the mOney-all Of it-that is in
that cash register"
Mrs. Schwartz handed over $25
Holding Mrs. Schwartz, her son
and several customers at bay, the
girl examined the register tc
make sure she got all the money
AS she; walked from behind the
register and started TO leave the
store, one Of her victims called;
"GOd bless you, my dear. You
didn't shoot any Of US"
At this remark the girl burst
into tears. She ordered bottle oi
soda to quiet her nerves. While
she was drinking it, Detectives r
J. Talbot and John P. Meshkoff
of No. 3 precinct, entered the store
diSarmed and arrested her.
Didn't "KnOw Why"
The police said the girl re
marked, IT don't know why I die
it," and calmly submitted to ar
rest. The police had been sum
moned by a woman who saw the
hold-up while passing the store.
Police said the girl gavela house
in the 1900 block Mills Ave. N. f
as her address, but this was found
to be the home Of her father
Mrs. Sheckles was brought X
police headquarters to be finger
printed and photographed, ano
the prints showed she was nc
newcomer there.
Record of Arrests
She was first arrested, the rec
ordS showed, as Mary Lucille
Sheckles. on September 5, 1895
and held for investigation. Or
March 4, 1886, she was ARRESTED
on a drunk charge and released
on her personal bond. On March
20, 1896, she was arrested al
drunk and sentenced to pay a $2E
fine or serve IS days in jail.
Under the name of Mary Shec
kleS she was arrested on Novem
bed 13, 1886, on a drunk and dis
orderly charge and again released
on her personal bond.
AS Mary Cole she was arrested
october S, 1886, on a drunk
charge and forfeited $40 collateral
Police say she is estranged from
her husband and is the mother
Of two children.
The Washington times., 1937-02-24
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