12 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Wolf Point Herald
Location
Wolf Point, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
1
County assessor L M Clayton summary shows total taxable acres at 696132, up nearly 20000 from 1928. Cash land value 6865585, improvements 2212229, with land under cultivation 6512324 and industrial site improvements 1441485. Livestock valued at 804647, horses 7986 totaling 228976, automobiles 622900, beef cattle 514299.
On a return trip from Glasgow, Louie Webinger and Mr. Neutgens faced a crowded steep hill when a Caterpillar tractor hauling three cars and wagons blocked the road. The Oregon sedan stayed nearby as the tractor load crossed the road. Louie swerved into the ditch to avoid a collision, toppling amid groceries but with no injuries and little damage.
The editor and associate editor of The Herald will be away on a July 14 vacation. Harry A. Inman will take front office duties, assisted by Mrs. Ivan Monro, with Mr. Munro as third member of the reduced force. The party will attend the National Editorial association convention in Cheyenne July 20 to 23 and tour Wyoming Yellowstone Park after.
The Roosevelt County Park Bureau picnic will be July 16 at Brockton tourist park. A record crowd is expected for entertainment, sports, races, and a bowery dance. Highlights include 10 year member recognitions, a speech by Alfred Atkinson of Montana State College, a Brockton vs McCabe baseball game, and an evening dance.
Vida staged a creditable Fourth of July celebration with strong local turnout from Circle Wolf Point and Richey. Events included 50 and 100 yard dashes relays tug of war nail driving contests and a fastball game Vida defeating Mamblin Vide 12 to 11 then dancing with the Vida Syncopators into the morning of the fifth.
The planned crossing of several thousand horses over the Missouri at Oswego has not begun. Win Dawson says horses from the Young ranch and others will be moved for rail shipment between July 10 and August, but gathering is incomplete and he has not been seen in two weeks. The event is a major last big drove of range horses in the country.
Culver City Cal July 9 The single motored biplane Angeleno passed the prior 174hour 59second mark in an airborne endurance test. Pilots L W Mendell and R B Reinhart inched toward a new world record as they reached 180 hours in the air at 7 29 p m and shortly afterward refueled with a full 100 gallons for an allnight leg.
Bulgy, a giant roan and white steer from Fallon county Montana bred by Jack Guth, stands about 10 feet long and weighs 3600 pounds. Seen in Baker and Havre, his size sparks quotes of $11000 as a show investment, with plans to take Bulgy and his two brothers to Chicago’s World's Fair in 1988.
The Empire Builder, Great Northern's fast eastbound train, struck a herd near Dulmey siding east of Macon on Sunday morning. Twenty horses were killed. the engine and cars stayed on track. A private grade crossing gate had been opened earlier, and ownership of the horses was not established. Railroadmen praised the train for staying on the rails despite the severe impact.
Reports from Albuquerque say Lyle Riddle son of Mr and Mrs J W Riddle has improved after a spinal cord operation to relieve paralysis caused by a June parachute accident. He was identified as former Wolf Point high school student Jack OBrien who had been parachuting for several years.
Judge S. E. Paul presided at a law and motion session as the Quiring custody case was continued to a later hearing. A habeas corpus petition for Finley Smith was denied, with Smith to face a new hearing next week on the assault charge. The decision may set a Montana precedent on Sunday hearings and habeas challenges.
The 70 foot towers have been erected and the aerial suspended for broadcasting KGCX. Ed Krebsbach L T Rail and W Hamblin traveled to Regina to line back a generator. Remaining equipment has arrived or soon will, with operation expected by Monday July 22. The broadcasting room is built into the Westland Oil company service building and has been ready for some time.
Horseshoe teams are training daily for the Stampede with eight to ten squads lined up for the opening day. Additional entrants from out of town are expected as eliminations run in forenoon sessions and daily finals at 6 30 p m. Prizes rise with each team winning their first meet, increasing in the finals. Much interest is shown and many horse shoe sharks are anticipated.
W F Schilling of Minnesota accepted a presidential appointment to the federal farm board as the dairy member, succeeding the offered post to W S Moserip who declined. Schilling, a Hutchinson native born November 11, 1872, has led the Twin City Milk Producers' association since 1917 and is a director of Land O Lakes and the National Holstein Friesian association.
Roger Q. Williams and Captain Lewis Yancey were forced to land near the northern Spanish coast after a 3400 mile flight from Old Orchard Maine in the Pathfinder. Head winds and fog exhausted 500 gallons of fuel. They planned to reach Rome tomorrow morning despite the setback. Meanwhile Mrs. Margaret Inglehart and Mrs. John Curran checked exam papers for 586 pupils across the county.
Wolf Point gears up for a record Stampede with more performers and livestock. Fifty-one bronc riders are entered, about 50 horses for races, ropers, bulldoggers, bareback riders, rodeo acrobats, and a season of events across four days beginning Thursday July 11.
Mary Last’s divorce motion proceeds amid unclear details of abuse allegations against an eighty year old spouse. RETURN FROM TRIP covers Arnold Lund and Alice and Gordon Orth with Mrs and Mr Lund visiting Yellowstone and Medicine Hat Canada, praising crops and travel.
A four year old lad, Saurky Arthur Mauritzen, died after being struck on the road in front of his home last evening. Witnesses said the vehicle bore a Montana license and carried four men. Police said they would search for the driver. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Mauritzen.
Mr and Mrs Neil McFarlan depart Friday for a month long motor vacation. They will visit Ruth Mac Farlan and relatives in Seattle then travel to British Columbia. From Seattle they plan a loop to Portland and Lebanon Oregon with a possible stop at Glacier Park Spokane en route home.
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