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HARDIN LIONS STAMPEDE-COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS-TUESDAY & WEDNES DAY, JULY 3 & 4-MISS IT AND BE SORRY
VOLUME XXVI, No. 2«
DROWNS THURSDAY IN
LODGE GRASS CREEK
Mrs. Wilbur Dethlefsen, a Bride
of Two Weeks, Loses Her Life
While Swimming.
The Nick Dethlefsen ranch on
Lodge Grass creek, a few miles
south of the town of Lodge Grass,
was the scene, Thursday forenoon
of a distressing tragedy in which
Mrs. Dorothy Montana Dethlefsen,
23-year-old bride of Wilbur Deth
lefsen, lost her life.
As was her daily custom, the
young woman, shortly after ten
o’clock Thursday morning, went
to the creek to take a swim. Fail
ing to return to the house, her
husband went to look for her
shortly before noon and was hor
rified to find her body on a sand
bar, under only a few inches of
water. He quickly removed her
from the stream. Her body was
still warm and he worked desper
ately trying to resuscitate her.
Her mother, Mrs. Mary H. Rut
ledge, of Ogden, Utah, who is vis
iting at the Dethlefsen home, at
tracted by his cries, joined the
distracted young husband, but all
efforts to revive the young wom
an were unavailing. The body
was brought to the Bullis-Crilly
WHEAT PRODUCTION ASSN.
NAMES JTSCOMMITTEES
Also Members Board of Directors
Who Will Meet July 7 and
Organize.
The Big Horn County Wheat
Production Control Association
elected community committees and
members of the board of directors
at meetings held last week for
the year beginning July Ist.
The new board of directors will
meet Saturday, July 7th, to or
ganize, elect officer-' and select
the county wheat allotment com
mittee to have charge of the
work for the ensuing year.
The result of the community
elections held Friday and Satur
day and reported to County Agent
Gustafson, secretary of the as
sociation, is as follows:
Hardin community—Ed Torske,
chairman, Nils Ottun and Geo. S.
McDowell.
Pryor community—F rank K.
Phelps, chairman; W. T. Rule,
Jr., and Geo. H. Wright.
Crow Community—D. L. Perry,
chairman; Frank Hamilton and
Floyd Warren.
St. Xavier Community—C. P.
Davidson, chairman; Wm. Steele
and F. D. Davis.
Corinth Community—C. J. Dy
gert, chairman; Wm. Patefield
and Alvin Lindeen.
Spring Creek Community—A.
B. Kamp, chairman; George Mil
ler and Homer S. Allen.
Lodge Grass Community—Joseph
Graham, chairman; Bert Romine
and Sam Stevenson.
Decker Community—W. T. Ra
gan, chairman; D. P. Blake and
Joe Liwix.
The allotment committee during
the past year consisted of Ed
Torske, chairman; A. B. Kamp
and C. P. Davidson.
TEACHERS ENTOUR VISIT
CUSTER BATTLEFIELD
Thirty-Six Pedagogues Make Stop
at Hardin and Eat a
Meal Here.
Wednesday afternoon there
passed through Hardin the Custer
school bus, loaded with school
teachers who were members of
the “University Tours’’ sponsored
by the University of Georgia,
which left Portland, Ore., Friday
morning, on one of the big Grey
hound buses. There are 36 pas
sengers from the states of Wash
ington and Oregon, enroute east
to the Chicago World’s fair, and
from there to Detroit, Niagara
Falls, Quebec, New England states,
New York City, Washington, D.
C., Florida, New Orleans and back
to Portland by Sept. 1. The teach
ers took the side trip from Custer,
through Hardin to the Custer bat
tlefield, stopping off here on the
way back to Custer to eat supper
at the Savoy case, operated by
Mrs. Lulu C. Jones. Those in the
party are Agnes Davis, Burns,
Ore.; Emma Hanson, Puyallup,
Wn.; H. M. Anderson, Castle Rock,
Wn.; Helen Starrer, Nell Hender
son, Olive Schuchard, A. M.
Matheson, E. O. Fisher, L. Maxine
Kelly, Jennie R. Matheson, Seattle;
Mildred Hedberg, Tacoma; Mrs. L.
S. Kaiser, Sarah Poor, Portland,
Ore.; Jennie Fields, Woodland,
Wn.; Margaret Elliett, Knappa,
Ore.; Mrs. Lucy Griffee, Cor-
H'Sl oni°AL SOCIE ■
THE HARDIN TRIBUNEHERALD
mortuary in Hardin yesterday af
ternoon where it was prepared
for burial.
Dorothy Montana Rutledge, on
ly a week ago last Saturday, June
14, was united in marriage at the
Christian church in Billings to
Wilbur Dethlefsen, a prominent
young farmer of the upper Lodge
Grass valley, and they had begun
housekeeping just a few days be
fore her tragic end. Her father is
in the forestry service near Lar
amie, wyo. A brother, Dwight
Rutledge, is a civil engineer in
Wyoming. Mrs. Bess Stevens, su
perintendent of the Lodge Grass
public schools is a sister. Another
sister, Mrs. Eileen Stevens, resides
in the state of Washington.
Another sister, MTs. Neva Jacob
son, whose husband is a civil en
gineer, resides in South America.
The supposition is that she
either was seized with cramps, and
was drowned, or that, being over
heated when she went in swim
ming. she died of a sudden heart
attack.
At the time of going to press
Thursday evening, no arrange
ments had been made for the
funeral.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to the young husband
and the other relatives.
FORT MACKENZIE LEADS
HARDIN BY 7 TO 6 SCORE
The Hardin baseball team mo
tored to Sheridan, Wyo., last Sun
day and while they lost by a
point, they put up a good article
of ball against the Fort Macken
zie team, which copped the long
end of a 7-6 score, in the last,
half of the ninth. Homer Scrib
ner, who played Centerfield for
Hardin, got three singles out of
four times up, leading in batting
honors for Hardin. Mileski and
Darough took turns at pitching
and did a very good job, with
Dutch Quest catching for both.
Lack of space forbids publication
of the score in detail.
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
ARE JOINED IN WEDLOCK
Kendall W. Wolcott Leads Miss
Dorothy Fischbach to the
Hymeneal Altar.
One of the popular young
couples of the city forsook the
ranks of single blessedness, Sat
urday afternoon, June 23, at five
o’clock, when, at St. Joseph’s
church, in the presence of only
the immediate relatives and a few
intimate friends, Kendall W. Wol
cott led to the altar Dorothy
Katherine Fischbach, Rev. Father
Meagher performing the ceremony.
The groom was attended by Mel
vin Cook and Miss Ruby Graf was
bridesmaid.
Immediately after the ceremony,
the bridal party repaired to the
residence of the groom’s brother,
C. A. Wolcott, where a sumptuous
wedding dinner was served by
Mrs. C. A. Wolcott, following
which the happy couple left by
motor for Billings and other
points on a short honeymoon trip.
They are now at home to their
friends in an apartment in the
Warren block.
Both are graduates of the Har
din high school. The groom is the
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Wolcott and is employed at the
Conoco filling station. The bride
is the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John P. Fischbach and
for some years, until recently was
employed as a clerk in the Hardin
Mercantile store. Both are de
servedly popular and are receiving
the congratulations of a host of
friends.
Jeff Dinsdale, John Hermesen
and Frank Neuhold, all old-time
residents of the Sarpy section,
were in Hardin Wednesday. They
report that what crops the dry
weather has not ruined are being
destroyed by grasshoppers.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Thompson
returned Thursday evening of
last week from Hamilton, where
for the past several months Mr.
Thompson has been employed as
an inspector in the federal emer
gency relief service. After a brief
vacation at his home here, he
will again leave for a destination
not yet determined.
valis, Ore.; Crete Gray, Honolulu;
Geneva Seblen, Snoqualme, Wn.;
Mary Petri, Hermiston, Ore.; Anna
B. Reeves, Bremerton, Wn.; Kath
erine Brown, Boardman, Ore.;
Margaret Jones, Portland, Ore.;
Dorothea Anderson, Heppner, Ore.
CONTINUING THE HARDIN TRIBUNE AND THE HARDIN WFItM-n
HARDIN, BIG BORN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934
ONLY TWO KITTEN BALL
GAMES NOW SCHEDULED
Kittenball continues to hold the
center of the athletic stage in
Hardin, the members of the six
teams in the league playing every
evening except Saturday. No
games have been scheduled be
yond next Monday night, July 2,
because of the Hardin Stampede
celebration, which takes in Tues
day and Wednesday rights ano
everyone will be tired for a
couple of days thereafter.
This Friday night the Hardin
Railroaders will play the Pryor
Cricket Camp team.
Monday night, July 2, the Lodge
Grass Cricket Camp team will be
pitted against the best team Har
din can muster.
THREE-YEAR PROGRAM
OF HIGHWAY FINANCE
Co-operative Construction by the
State and Federal
Governments.
O. S. Warden has returned
from a two weeks’ eastern trip
during which he attended a five
year reunion of his class at Dart
mouth college in New Hampshire
and, as president of the Ameri
can Association of State Highway
Officials, held the midyear meet
ing of the executive committee of
that organization in Chicago on
June 22 and 23, says Tuesday’s
Great Falls Tribune.
A considerable portion of the
time of this committee meeting
was devoted to a study of the
markings on the United States
systems of highways. By con
gressional action this committee
was made the administration body
to direct all changes, modifica
tions or additions to these mark
ings. There will be consolidations
which will result in considerable
extension on some routes. There
will be modifications and there
will be elimination where a dup
lication in marking has caused in
convenience to travel. The re
port on these Unted States mark
ings will be presented at the an
nual convention of the American
Association of State Highway Of
ficials which, this year, will con
vene at Santa Fe, N.M., on Nov.
12.
The executive committee was
able to review in detail the high
way legislation just enacted by
the congress.
Never before in the co-opera
tive building of highways by the
government and the states has
there been established a three
year dependable program of fi
nance. Another distinct accom
plishment is that after the gov
ernment fiscal year that begins
July 1, 1934, and for the fiscal
years of 1936 and 1937, there
will be a return to the old federal
aid procedure of money to be
matched by the states on ap
proximately the 50-50 basis.
The highway bracket of the
legislation just enacted by con
gress supplies on the part of the
government $522,000,000 over a
three-year period as follows:
A $200,000,000 grant which does
not have to be matched by the
states, available for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1934, and
available until used.
An authorization of $125,000,000
for the fiscal year of 1936 to be
matched by the states.
An authorization of $125,000,000
for the fiscal year of 1937 to be
matched by the states.
It is provided that the states
must place this federal aid money
under contract within one year
after the close of the fiscal year
for which it is authorized. Here
tofore two years were permitted.
A new provision of the law
gives permission to the state high
way departments to use not in
excess of l’/ 2 percent of the
amount apportioned for any year,
FORMER HARDIN GIRL
GRADUATES WITH HONORS
The Uptown News of June 21,
published at Chicago, contains the
following item which will be of
interest to many Hardin people:
“Twenty Uptown residents re
ceived degrees from North
western university at the 76th
annual commencement exercises,
Saturday, in Dyche stadium.
Gladys Brandt, 4712 Beacon St.,
who received a B. S. degree in
speech, graduated with honors and
was selected as one of the most
popular girls on the campus. She
was president of her sorority. Al
pha Xi Delta, this year.”
Miss Gladys is the daughter of
Mir. and Mrs. L. S. Brandt, who
homesteaded a ranch about six
HARDIN BOY ON HONOR ROLL
INTERMOUNTAIN COLLEGE
Keith Cook, son of C. O. Cook
of Hardin, received a place on
the honor roll for the spring
quarter at Intennauntain Union
College, Helena. Mr. Cook’s av
erage was 2.59. Other honor
students were: Paul Consigny,
Hartin Clarke, Clarice Robinson,
Melvin Larson, Evelyn Mills, and
Florence Molerine of Helena; Mar
ie Wilkinson, Great Fells; Mary
belle Peterson, Choteau; Malcolm
Schaeffer, Charlo; AJmeda Emery,
Missoula; Altha Cross, Denton,
and Paul Peters, Winnett.
Chas. L. Adams, Lodge Grass
druggist, was a Hardin visitor,
Thursday.
both of the federal grant and
the regular federal aid money
for the purpose of making plans
and surveys. Under this provision
states cannot offer the excuse of
a lack of money for surveys.
An authorization of $72,000,000
or $24,000,000 for three years for
construction of highways in the
national parks, on the public do
main a nd Indian reservations.
This is 100 percent government
money.
In each of these individual
years the $24,000,000 will be dis
tributed as follows: $10,000,000
for the national forests, $7,500,000
for the national parks, $2,500,000
for the public domain and $4,000,-
000 for Indian reservations.
Out of the $200,000,000 grant
available for the approaching fis
cal year, Miontana will receive
$3,770,000.
Twenty-five percent of the $200,-
000,000 grant goes to the building
of so-called feeder or market
roads.
New features in this legislation
are as follows:
Heretofore construction could
not be done within cities of more
than 2,500 population except under
restrictions. This prohibition is
done away with.
Heretofore federal contribution
to construction could not exceed
$15,000 per mile. This limitation
is now removed.
When the emergency grant of
$80,000,000 in 1930 was made,
there was a provision for de
ducting from future allotments
to the state one-fifth of the
amount over a period of five
years. When the emergency grant
of 1932 was made, in amount of
$120,000,000, there was a deduc
tion from future allotments of the
states of one-tenth of this
amount over a period of ten years.
The highway act just passed does
away with all of these repay
ments. The states do not have
to make them at all.
In the new law a fund is set
up in the federal highway bracket
of $10,000,000 which may be used
for repair where roads are de
stroyed by floods, hurricanes,
earthquakes or landslides.
If a state, by legislation here
after enacted, shall divert revenue
from its gas tax or automobile
license money to other than road
purposes beyond what is diverted
under present and existing laws,
that state will automatically lose
one-third of the amount of federal
funds to which the state is en
titled for the fiscal year in
which the apportionment is made.
The rules and regulations for
procedure under this new legis
lation are now being prepared by
the bureau of public roads and
the secretary of agriculture. They
will be in the hands of the state
highway departments in a week or
ten days. The state highway de
partments will then be able to
arrange their programs of con
struction for the coming fiscal
year.
MUST APPLY FOR LOANS
ON OR BEFORE JULY 15
C. R. Kienast, field supervisor
of the Emergency Crop Loan sec
tion office at Minneapolis for this
district, says he has received ap
plication forms for summer fal
low, winter wheat, and rye loans.
Farmers desiring these loans
should apply for same at their
respective county seats. Applica
tions for these loans cannot be
accepted after July 15th. Mr.
Kienast urges those desiring these
loans to make application at once.
miles north of Hardin, and later
moved into town, where Gladys
attended grade school. Her many
friends here are pleased to know
of her success.
HARDIN PREPARING FOR
A ROUSING STAMPEDE
Lions Club Making Final Prepara
tions to Stage Rapid-fire Ro
deo at Fair Grounds.
Not since the big July 4th cele
bration staged at the Big Horn
county fair grounds in 1929 has
there been greater planning and
intensive efforts toward the of
fering of a real western enter
tainment than that scheduled for
July 3rd and 4th, next week. In
spite of drouth being experienced
since the first plans were laid, in
spite of unfounded rumors that
the celebration was to be post
poned, the present Lions Stam
pede will be staged as originally
planned as most of the expense
has already been met and paid
for.
Sheridan, that thriving city in
the land of recreational ranches,
will lend assistance in starting off
the big two-day celebration by
sending their 25-piece high school
band, to appear here Tuesday,
July 3. A band may also be sent
here from Billings to play July 4.
The star attraction on the pro
gram will be the rodeo arena
features to be offered by Junior
Spear and his string of bucking
horses with a line-up of bronc
riders that have to be good to
stay astride these animals. The
many words of praise expressed
last year about this particular
feature which was staged under
adverse conditions—constant rain
and wet grounds—is well enough
assurance that the rodeo program
will be no dissapointment to lovers
of that type of entertainment.
For baseball fans there will be
a fast exhibition of the national
game furnished each day of the
celebration beginning at 5:30 p
m.. Immediately following the
rodeo program. The contending
team will be that of the Billings
Moose organization, one of the
strongest teams in the Sugar city.
Batteries for the Hardin team for
the two days will be as follows:
Tuesday—Voiles and Quest: July
4—Ed Buzzetti and Quest. Ad-
NUTRITION SPECIALISTS
COMING TO HARDIN
Miss Frances Smith of State
Extension Service To Put
On Demonstration.
Miss Frances Smith, nutrition
specialist of the State Extension
service, will be in Hardin, Satur
day, July 7th. Miss Smith will
then put on a demonstration in
canning non-acid vegetables. This
arrangement has been made
through the county agent’s of
fice and the Home Demonstration
clubs which have recently been
organized in the county. The
demonstration is to train canning
project leaders who were elected
by these clubs to attend this
meeting. Two such project lead
ers will represent each club or
ganized. All Woman’s clubs in the
county are invited to send one
or two representatives to this
demonstration, which will be held
in the grade school kitchen at
Hardin.
Home Demonstration clubs or
ganized to date, with their of
ficers and project leaders, are as
follows:
Community Demonstration Club
—Mrs. Lloyd Carper, president;
Mrs. T. Dumler, vice-president;
Mirs. Fred Bromgard, secretary.
Project leaders —Mrs. Bernice
Bowers and Mrs. A. Metzker.
North Bench Demonstration Club
—Mrs. Guy Atkins, president; i
Miss Hannah Batty, vice-president,
lola Moore, secretary. Project
leaders —Mrs. W. B. Moore and
Mrs. A. E. Scanlon.
Halfway Community Club—Mrs. i
W. T. Humphrey, president; Mrs. i
Hodges, vice-president; Miss Ar
villa Faw, secretary 7.
Two Leggins Community Club ;
—Mrs. K. Sadler, president; Mrs.
J. Plummer, vice-president; Mrs.
G. T. Gustafson, secretary. Proj
ect leaders—Mrs. E. Walker. Mrs.
J. Faw; alternate, Mrs. Chas.
Peck.
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INDIAN LIQUOR LAW
MODIFIED BY NEW ACT
President Roosevelt on Wednes
dav signed the Senator Wheeler
bill modifying the operation of
Indian liquor laws on lands which
were formerly Indian lands. It
provides that special Indian liquor
laws shall not arm?/ to former In
' dian lands, now outside of an
existing Indian reservation, or in
any case where the land is no
longer held by the Indians under
trust patent, or under any other
strictions against alienation.
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mission to witness these games
will be for adults, children
free. To test their strength just
before the celebration the Hardin
boys will play the Sheridan Brew
ery team at the fair grounds at
2 p. m. Sunday.
A number of concessions will
serve the public at the grounds,
in the way of eating stands,
beano games, etc. Dancing will be
a feature each evening at the
fair grounds airdome where
Swindle’s Dance Band assisted by
extra musicians will furnish lively
music for the rodeo crowd, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday ev
enings.
Something gorgeous will be tne
fireworks display on the evening
of the Fourth. The Martin Fire
works Co. of Fort Dodge, lowa,
will furnish a display for this
celebration, purchased by the
business men of Hardin, which will
excel any fireworks display ever
seen at the local fair grounds.
Admission to the grounds for this
feature will be free, and it should
be the final pleasing signal that
the 1934 Lions Club Stampede is
a big success with everybody hap
py and glad thev attended.
MAILING OF LIQUOR TO
RESERVATION FORBIDDEN
Latest Indian Regulation by
Postal Authorities Is Re-
ceived Here.
It is now a violation of the
postal laws to mail intoxicating
liquor of any sort into an Indian
reservation, according to a notice
received by Postmaster J. M. Astle
from Harllee Branch, acting post
master general.
Says the notice:
"Paragraph 2 of section 588,
postal laws and regulations, is
hereby amended by adding the
following:
“No ardent spirits, ale, beer,
wine, or intoxicating liquor or
liquors of any kind shall be in
troduced, under any pretense, in
to the Indian country.
“Every person who . shall sell,
give away, dispose of, exchange,
or barter any malt, spirituous or
vinous liquor including beer, ale
and wine, or intoxicating liquors
of any kind to an Indian under
charge of any Indian superin
tendent or agent, or introduces or
attempts to introduce any intoxi
cating liquor of any kind into the
Indian country, shall be punished
by imprisonment for not more
than two years, and by fine of
not more than S3OO for each of
fense.
"Beer, lager beer, ale, porter,
wine or other liquors, regardless
of alcoholic content, may not be
mailed to Indian wards any
where or into any present Indian
reservation or to those parts of
opened Indian reservations which
are still reserved for government
or tribal use, or which are held
in trust for individual Indians
prior to their request for fee
patent to such lands.”
CONCERT BY MARIE
MONTANA IS PLEASING
Noted Montana Girl Makes a
Decided Hit With Hardin
Music Lovers.
The concert at the Congrega
tional church, last Sunday even
ing. by Miss Marie Montana, or
Miss Ruth Waite, a native of
Helena, was the most enjoyable
affair of the kind that has been
given in Hardin in a long time.
The program, which contained
numbers in French, Italian and
English was a very pleasing one
and was enthusiastically received.
Miss Montana possesses a wonder
fully sweet, perfectly trained voice,
is a young woman of charm and
poise and her rendition of the
various numbers, given in cos
tume, enabled her to display her
fine dramatic talent. Miss Mon
i tana was educated in the music
centers of Europe and America
and is on a visit to her native
state after several years spent
in the east and in Europe in con
cert and operatic work. Her visit
to Hardin was for the purpose of
renewing her friendship for Mrs.
Lora Del Peden, to whom is due
the thanks of this community for
making possible the rare musical
treat.
Jack and Tom McNeal arrived
Sunday evening from Rapid City,
South Dakota, on a visit to their
uncle, F. A. Rowland and family,.