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Pioneer Voice of the Conaamdty — Established 1913
Volume Thirty-Three No. 11
NATION'S FOREMOST EDUCATORS
FEATURED AT HELENA STATE
AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES
LOCAL OFFICIALS ATTEND
meeting as representa.
TIVES OF NORTHEAST MON.
TANA.
Mrs. Alice Fossen returned Sun
day from Helena where she attend
ed the state conference of county
•Uperintendents of schools, March
25-28.
This conference was held under
the guidance of Miss Elizabeth
Ireland, state superintendent of
public instruction. There were
mny fin e speakers and much of
value for the county officials.
R. W. Harper spoke on the
phases of the teacher’s retirement
e.« and stated that 425 teachers
Montana are receiving pensions
amounting to $21,000 per month.
There are 6420 members of the
system in Montana, 4295 who are
•till actively engaged in the teach
ing profession. Anyone employed
in teaching for a period in excess
of 30 days must belong to the
system. Mr. Harper explained that
the pensions are based on the
years of service and the average
salaries.
Vera Roesler spoke on “Certifi
cation,” mentioning the fact that
returned veterans who were teach
ers may be certified on the same
basis as they were when they en
tered service.
Among the other interesting
•peakers on the list were Dr.
Edythe Hershey of the state board
of health and science research
Specialist Dyer of Chicago who
■poke on “Guidance.”
The last two days of the meet
ing the county superintendents
met with the state public elemen
tary and secondary school code
commission who are the group re
sponsible for revisions in the
school }aws.
The northwest regiorial confer
ence on rural education brought
many notables from Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana to
gether who heard addresses by
such prominent national figures in
education as Dr. Frank C. Cyr of
Columbia university who spoke on
"Trends in Education.” The theme
of the meeting was “Improving
Community Living” and touched on
all phases by such speakers as Dr.
Shirley Cooper who gave a sum
mary of the seven group meetings.
Favorable Consideration Received
By Delegates To Great Northern
Air Lines Meeting at Great Falls
Legion Officials
Attend Bainville,
Nashua Meetings
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sprague of
Wolf Point attended the Legion
and Auxiliary meeting held at
Bainvill ft at the Civic Center last
Monday evening. The Culbertson
post and unit initiated a class of 20
new members at the meeting which
was attended by nearly 100 people
from both Bainville and Culbert
son. The ladies served refresh
ments and a social hour followed
the business sessions.
On Tuesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Sprague, Bill Black and
Mre. Jack Greenwood attended
the meetings held at Nashua and
Mrs. Sprague as district president
and Mrs. Greenwood as district
aecretary helped to complete the
organization of the Auxiliary unit
21 charter members were signed
up and the unit will be officially
instituted at a later date.
Fort Peck Delegates
Leave for Wash., D. C.
Austin Buckles, Roy Track and
Joe Rcddoor departed Tuesday
morning for Chicago and Wash
ington, D. C.
The delegates expressed their
anpreciation to the Fort Peck
chapter of the American Indians
of Montana. th e War Mothers’
and Service Womens’ organization,
to the members of the Fort Peck
reservation, and to everyone who
helped in any way to make their
trip possible.
This itinerary includes a visit
in the Indian offices in Chicago
and Washington and appointments
with the Montana congressmen.
FATHER SHEVLIN
BACK FROM BILLINGS
The Reverend Father Francis
J. Shevlin returned from a trip to
Billings, Mont., the first of the
week. He has been suffering from
a aesrere cold for some time but
CROCUS BLOOMS
EARLY ON THE
NORTH SLOPES
For the past week the
younger generaation has ert
joyed the pastime of searching
for the early blooming crocus
and thia year they were re.
warded at this unusual date by
finding the protected hillsides
purple with the elusive flower.
Old-timers say this is sure,
ly the sign of an early spring,
for the blooming season of the
crocus is usually late in April
and some times reaching over
so that the blossoms may grace
the Maybaskets on May 1.
DISTRICT 45
ELECTION SET
FOR SATURDAY
DR. R. D. KNAPP AND N. F.
TOAVS INCUMBENTS, SEEK
RE-ELECTION TO WOLF
POINT BOARD.
The annual election of school
district No. 45 for the election of
two trustees will be held at the
Wolf Point high school building
Saturday, April 6.
Polls will be open from the hour
of 12 noon until 7 p. m.
The terms of Dr. R. D, Knapp
and N. F. Toavs, board trustees,
are expiring and their names will
appear, on the ballot to succeed
themselves. Mrs. T, M. Wold has
filed and seeks election to the
board.
Members of the existing board
of education are: Oliver Montgom
ery, Dr. J. C. Moses, Charles
Rathert, Dr. R. D. Knapp, N. F.
Toavs and Einar Lund, clerk.
JOSEPH BROWN GETS
YEAR IN STATE PEN
TOR LIQUOR ROBBERY
Joseph Brown, charged with il
legal entry and robbery of the
state liquor store at Poplar on
March 11 was sentenced by Judge
Vernon Hoven in district court
last Thursday, March 28 to one
year at hard labor in the state
penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
W. J. Mitchell, county sheriff,
left Thursday with Brown for Deer
Lodge. .
Work Begun on New
Cocktail Lounge in
Norby Building
Work has begun on the remodel
ling job of the basement of Nor
by’s Sweet Shop, preparatory to
the opening of an up-to-date
cocktail lounge. Plans indicate
that will contain comfortable mod
ern fixtures of the latest design.
The cocktail lounge will be
handled entirely separate from the
Sweet Shop, which will continue
to operate as in the past, and the
clientele which enjoy the Sweet
Shop now, will be able to do so
in the future.
Announcement of the opening
date of the lounge will be made
by the manager, Haroldßutzlaff,
soon.
Police Activities
“Bob” Simenson was picked up
on a charge of drunken driving
and was sentenced to a 10 days
in jail and paid a s.'loo fine. This
was Simenson’s third offense. His
license was revoked for six months
as well as the jail sentence and
heavy fine.
Bill Smith of Oswego was. aix
rested in Wolf Point on the charge
of drunken driving and was fined
SIOO in justice court and his li
cense revoked for a period of six
months.
"Swede" Erickson , wag also
fined SIOO and his license revoked
lar.iijmMiithi-jin.the Hint charge.
Wolf Point, Roosevelt County, Montana Thursday, April 4, 1946
PATRICK SHEVLIN
IN WOLF POINT
TUESDAY, APR. 9
Patrick V. Shevlin, contact rep
resentative of the Veterans Ad
ministration, will be at the selec
ive service office in Wolf Point on
Tuesday, April 9, to assist any vet
eran and their dependents in re
gards to pensions, hospitalization,
insurance, schooling, on the job
training, etc.
AGENT KELLY
LEAVES FOR
TETON COUNTY
POPULAR COUNTY AGENT
ACCEPTS POSITION IN WEST
ERN COUNTY.
Raymond Kelly, county agent
for the past five and one half
years in Roosevelt county has ac
cepted a position with the Teton
county extension service and with
his family is moving to Choteau.
His column known as “Here and
There with County Agent Kelly”
has appeared in the county papers
for several years and has been a
popular feature, not only with the
farmers but with the townspeople
who found his humor and good
common sense worth while read
ing.
He has been the instigator of
many new projects and interests
for the farmers of Roosevelt coun
ty and worked long and diligently
with the men who were making
use of his advice and knowledge.
He was never too busy to listen to
and discuss problems of the in
dividual farmer who came to him
for help.
Mr. Kelly’s farewell column ap
pears elsewhere in this issue of the
paper and will explain his attitude
on the change.
No announcement has been made
as yet as to who'Mri Kelly’s suc
cessor will be.
BEN WALTERS RETURNS
FOR FARMING INTERESTS
Ben Walters who spent the
winter months at his home in
Phoenix, Ariz., arrived in Wolf
Point last week to look after the
spring farming operations. Mrs.
Walters and the children will join
■him as soon as school is out at
Phoenix.
OFFICIALS WILLING TO DES
IGNATE WOLF POINT AS
REGULAR STOP IF AIRPORT
IS ENLARGED
Wolf Point’s delegation to the
Great Falls air lines meeting Fri
day evening returned Sunday and
reported that a favorable discus
sion had been entered into between
the delegation and officials of the
proposed Great Northern Air
Lines, Incorporated.
The group, representing the
Wolf Point Chamber of Com
merce, presented the air lines
officials with a request that
Wolf Point be given considera
tion in being designated as a
regular stopping place on the
proposed new air route ex
tending along the high-line
from Seattle to Chicago.
Air lines directors Ed Klies, of
Great Falls and Fred Robinson of
Malta informed the group that
Wolf Point could and would be des
ignated an official stop if certain
airport requirements could be met
and if permission to do R 0 could
be obtained from the Civil Aeron
autics Board.
At the present time officials
of Wolf Point civic organiza
tions are obtaining data and
statistics preparatory to the
compilation of a brief indicat
ing to the Civil Aeronautics
Board how Wolf Point and the
people in its trade area
” would be benefited by the pro.
posed new air route.
Delegates attending the Great
Falls meeting were L. M. Clayton.
Jr., James Eccles, Mads Ibsen and
W. L. Young.
"SKEETS" SHAW HOME
ON FURLOUGH
Denton Shaw, better known in
musical circles as “Skeets" arrived
in Wolf Point Thursday to spend a
short furlough with his wife and
baby. He will return to his sta
tion in Arkansas and expects to
receive his discharge in the very
near future
Government Now Buying Wheat
From Farm Storage Bins in Effort
To Feed Starving European Areas
PROGRAM INAUGURATED IN
EFFORT TO OBTAIN ADDI
TIONL WHEAT NOW BEING
HELD BACK.
The government is offering to
purchase grain from farmers and
will allow them the price prevail
ing on any future date they may
select up to April J, 1947. The
move was made in an effort to get
more wheat off the farms with
which to supply hunger areas
abroad.
Wheat is now selling at about
an average of $1.58 per bushel,
the ceiling price.
Should the market price,
however, on the date the farm
er selects be lower than that
prevailing at the present time,
the farmer would get the low
er price and be the loser.
The government’s offer allows
farmers to dispose of wheat they
now have on their farms and, at
the same time, will allow them to
speculate on the possibilities of
obtaining more per bushel than
the present ceiling prices allow.
This course was taken following
agricultural department reports
that many growers were holding
wheat for a possible higher future
price. At the present time efforts
are being made to pass a measure
in Washington which would raise
the ceiling price on wheat to
about $2.10 per bushel.
The department of internal rev
enue ruled recently that payments
received by farmers who select a
market price on or after Jan. 1,
1947, for wheat delivered under
the new program, may be reported
for income tax purposes in 1947.
CONCRETE BLOCK
FACTORY GETS
NEW EQUIPMENT
SOON TO TURN OUT 2600
BLOCKS A DAY; FIRM PLANS
NEW BUILDING.
The Wolf Point Concrete Pro
ducts company, owned and operat
ed by Cliff Mawhirmey and San
ford Mahlum of Wolf Point an
nounced this week the arrival of
S4OOO worth of equipment, which
includes a new block machine mix
er.
This new equipment, along with
what they have on hand will make
their plant capable of turning out
approximately 2600 blocks a day
at full speed. The “curing” process
of the blocks takes some time, as
the first 72 hours the blocks must
be sprayed with water continually,
after which at least eight days is
required for the “setting process.”
At the end of this time, they may
be used in an emergency, although
the recommended length of time is
25 days for “curing.”
About nine thousand blocks are
needed to erect a fair sized busi
ness building and the amount re
quired for other construction may
be judged accordingly.
The factory expects to have a
new home of its own in the very
near future.
Daughter of Mr.
And Mrs. Leo Taylor
Dies at Hospital
Joyce Annette Taylor, six-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Taylor of the Prairie Elk com
munity, passed away Tuesday eve
ning, April 2, at the Trinity hoj
pital. Wolf Point.
Joyce was born Aug. 13, 1939 in
Wolf Point and when she became
ill, was living at her parents’
ranch. She had just started at
tending school this year and was
in the first grade. Her mother is
the former Daisey Rittel of the
Weldon community.
She is survived by her parents
and two younger sisters, Lorraine,
age 3 and Katherine, age one and
a half years.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon from the Clayton
Funeral Chapel. Wolf Point, with
the Rev. A. H. Cropp officiating.
War Bonnet and
" Blanket to be
Awarded April 6
The Fort Peck chapter of the
American Indians announces that
the awarding of the war bonnet
and Hudson Bay blanket, now on
display at the Fad, will be made at
the Liberty theatre op April 6 dur-”
ing the eveping performance.
SENIOR CLASS
WILL PRESENT
PLAY MONDAY
“LUCKY GIRL” DIRECTED BY
MRS. MARTHA NELSON WILL
BE PRESENTED APRIL 8, AT
8 P. M. AT AUDITORIUM.
The. senior class of the Wolf
Point high school will present the
annual senior class play next
Monday evening, April 8 at 8
o’clock in the high school audi
torium.
The play, entitled, “Lucky Girl”
was written by Arthur Howard
and gives promise of fine enter
tainment. The seniors have been
practicing diligently for many
weeks under the direction of Mrs.
Martha Nelson.
The amusing play deals with the
problem of one Chester Morris,
played by Jack Marron, who finds
that he must marry immediately
in order to come into a trust fund..
This will save his interest in a
gold mine and in his interest
gold mine and in his frantic ef
forts to find a girl to marry him,
he almost loses the girl of his
choice.
Other members of the cast are
Arne Traeholt as Grantland Mit
chell, Rex Sprague as Gordon
Brown, Bob Bowker as Phil Bran
don, Morris Camrud as Uncle
Horace Morris, Alice Cahill as
Ann Mitchell, Dorothy Sateran as
Ethel Brown, Idell Jacobi as Hel
en Bryant, Lura Dell Hall as
Mildred Cornish, Mildred Carey as
Mary, the maid, Donna Mae
Bischke as Elizabeth Harrington,
Lois Legare as Sally Crothers and
Becky Puckett as Marian And
rews.
Helen Garden assisted by Mar
jorie Switzer and Greta and Reba
Knudsvig have charge of stage
deconations and properties.
MARBLE PLAYOFF
SUNDAY, APR. 7
AT KELLY'S LOT
WINNERS IN LAST SUNDAY’S
TOURNEY WILL SETTLE
WINNER IN ELIMINATION
CONTEST.
Sunday’s marble tournament de
clared Charles Clancy and Lannie
Erickson as winners of the open
class and Douglas Dasinger and
Harold McLamon as winners of
the amateur class.
Next Sunday, April 7, these four
boys will be matched in a 2 out of
3 play in their respective classes;
the two winners will then play to
determine who will represent this
community in the state tourney at
Great Falls on April 27. Sunday’s
games will be played on the double
lot directly behind Kelly’s Hard
ware at 2 o’clock p. m.
The tournament committee wish
es to apologize for a slow start
last Sunday, as well as for the con
fusion about the rules. Some of the
blame for both can he laid to the
weather whose inclemency ‘ Sun
day morning made a postponement
seem imminent. As a consequence,
preparations had to be delayed.
The Jaycees hereby thank all
participants for their hearty re
sponse to the project.
. —Committee
Officials of V. F. W.
Attend Meetings at
Sidney and Jordan
Department Chief of Staff El-
Harris accompanied by Mrs.
Harris attend'’'! to offirial busi
ness for the Veterans of Foreign
Wars at Sidney Thursday evening.
Mr. Harris attended a veterans
meeting and Mrs. Harris assisted
Irene Huene of Forsythe to or
ganize a VFW auxiliary in Sid
ney. This unit will be formally
instituted at a later date.
On Monday night. Chief of Staff
Harris and the department Com
mander Harry Huene and the na
tional inspector, Hans Hanson of
Great Falls, instituted a VFW
post at Jordan.
Sgts. Walter Piekielniak and
Callahan of the Miles City recruit
ing office made their regular trip
to Wolf Point this week, Tuesday
"Roosevelt County’s Most Widely Read Newspaper
QUILT TELLS
PICTURE STORY
INDIAN HISTORY
For the past year, Mrs. Jim
Garfield, Jr., of Wolf Point
has been embroidering quilt
tops with an original design
depicting the history of the
Assiniboines. Several friends
who saw the finished product
weje so impressed with the
fine work and the unique story
design that she was urged to
display and market the article.
This week such a quilt went
on display in the window of
the Fad Clothing store in Wolf
Point. This quilt will be a
warded to some person at a
later date.
Incidentally, all the pictures
were drawn by Mr. Jim Gar
field, Jr., whose hidden talent
has only recently been recog
nized.
EDUCATION LAWS
STUDIED AT
STATE ASSEMBLY
E. FORD SLAGHT STATES GOV
ERNOR'S COMMISSION EX
PECTED TO SETTLE IM
PORTANT ISSUES.
Mrs. Mary Ketter, Mrs. Leon
ard Hensrud and Supt. E. Ford
Slaght attended the delegate as
sembly meeting of the Montana
Education association March 29-
30 in Helena. Mrs| Ketter, and
Mrs. Hensrud represented the
Wolf Point faculty, having been
selected by that body previously.
Mr. Slaght represented northeast
ern Montana as a member of the
state executive council.
A general educational policy
and school finance were the most |
important items studied. Legisla- 1
tion to remedy existing financial .
difficulties were discussed at ,
length. Many proposals were pass
ed and great emphasis was placed
on the necessity of cooperating
with the governor’s commission
which is charged with the respon
sibility of studying the same prob
lems to present findings to the
1947 legislative assembly.
The assembly voted to increase
the membership dues for next
year and also assessed themselves
five dollars each to provide a fund
with .which to assist the commis
sion in compiling its findings and
promote public relations work for
the improvement of education in
general.
Supt. Slaght states that they
are looking forward to the work
of the governor’s commission and
especially the 1947 legislature with
great hope of solving many diffi
cult problems facing Montana edu
cation next year.
20,000 Montanans
Without Employment
At Present Time
Montana, without war centers or
industries, has felt sharp reper
cussions from national reconver
sion and rapid demobilization with
a net result of mounting unem
ployment.
Six months ago the state had
less than 100 unemployed, accord
ing to the unemployment com
pensation commission. Today, be
cause of the first crippling labor
disputes since 1938 and the steady
stream of returning veterans there
are 20.000 persons out of work.
Commission disbursements to
unemployed veterans and civilians
will exceed $1,000,000 this month,
according to Barclay Craighead,
chairman of the commission
In money amount, this far ex
ceeds disbursements in prewar
years of large unemployment, as
for example the winters of 1940
and 1941, when peak disbursements
for single weeks reached $155,000
or $160,000.
Indian Clinics
Every Wednesday
At Agency Building
Dr. S. Levine of Poplar will
come to Wolf Point and hold a
clinic for the Indians from 1 to 3
p. m. every Wednesday afternoon.
These will be held at the new
quarters in the sub-agency build,
ing.
The Reverend V. C. Boe of the
Scobey Lutheran church has ac
cepted a call to become dean of
men and student personnel at
Concordia college effective Sept. I.
Single Copy Price 10 Cents
JOHN L. COOK
DIES IN SEATTLE
SUNDAY NIGHT
FORMER WOLF POINT RESI
DENT DIES IN SLEEP. PRE
SUMABLY OF HEART AT
TACK.
Another of Wolf Point’s pioneer
citizens, John L. Cook who has
been living in Seattle since Octo
ber, 1944 died in his sleep some
time Sunday night or Monday
morning at his home in that city.
Mrs. Frank Matejovsky, of Wolf
Point, niece of Mrs. Cook received
, a telephone call from her shortly
after noon Monday telling of his
death. In the telephone message.
Mrs. Cook stated that her husband
had beep in apparently fine health
the evening before and had retired
in good spirits and as well as
ever. In the morning Mrs. Cook
went to call him and found that'
h e had passed away in the night.
A later call from Seattle inform
ed Mrs. Matejovsky and Mrs. Jnw
Long of Poplar, niece of Mr. Cook,
that the funeral services would be
held on Thursday (today) at nine
o’clock. Mrs. Matejovsky left Wed
nesday for Seattle. Mrs. Matejov
sky’s mother. Mrs. Myrtle Miller
had gone to Seattle recently tt»
.Visit Mrs. Cook and was with her
at the time of her husband’s;
death. The Cook’s only child, a
son James and his family also live
in Seattle.
Left to mourn his passing arer
his wife and son James, and two
grandsons, Patrick and Michael,
two brothers, George of Fort-
Worth, Texas and Andrew of Mar
shall, Mo., three sisters, Mrs. Ed-
Kirsch of Fort Worth, and Mrs.
Bernard Bettels and Mrs. Anton
Fick of Montrose, Mo. Another sis-
ter, Mrs. John H. Koch of Lustre,
mother of Mrs. Jim Long, preced
ed him in death ten years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook came to Wolf
Point in 1913, just looking around'
for a location and decided to settle
there. They were engaged in the
clothing business for a number of
years, first in Cook and Campbells^
later changed to the Globe Cloth
ing store, and then in the Cook’s
Ready-to-Wear shop.
For a short time Mr. Cook op-
I erated the Northern Chevrolet Co.,
1 selling out to the Dolvin brothers.
I Mr. and Mrs. Cook went to the
Black Hills where they were in
business for a year but the call to
Montana was too strong and they
returned to Wolf Point and enter
ed the creamery business, and in
1935 the Hi-Line creamery was
incorporated and later consolidat
ed with th e Nor-Mont dairies of
Glasgow. In August 1944, Mr-
Cook sold out his interests in the
creamery to O. M. Paulson and
left Wolf Point to make a new
home in Seattle near the home of
their son James, and family.
Recently, Mrs. Cook had pur
chased a small dress concern and
with the help of Mrs. Miller, her
sister, expected to operate the
shop.
Mr. Cook was associated with,
his son in business circles. A com
plete obituary for John L. Cook
will be published as soon as it is.
available.
WM. LAMBERT
DIES SATURDAY
AT CHELSEA
William Daniel Lambert died
March 30, 1946 at his home in
Chelsea after a lingering illness,
for the past two months hav
ing been confined to his bed.
He wa s born Jan. 24, 1927 at
Poplar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
fred Lambert. He attended the
Chelsea school and was always ac
i tive in the young people’s society,
having held the office of president
for some time, until ill health cur
tailed his activities.
Left to mourn are his parents,
Mr and Mrs. Wilfred Lambert,
and one siste r Joan Sarah; one
brother preceded him in death.
Funehal services were held at
the Chelsea Presbyterian church,
on Tuesday, April 2 with the Rev.
A. H. Cropp in charge of the ser
vice. Interment was in the Chel
sea cemetery.
Pallbearers were chosen from
among hi s former classmates and
close friends. They were: Abra
ham Brown. Delmar Brown, Solo
mon Gray Bear, Jackie Pipe. Mel
vin Eagle Boy and Leslie Warrior.
Music for the service was sung
by the young people’s choir. “Does
Jesus Care" and the Dakota
hvmn “Jesus. Izwer of My Soul.”
Mrs. Joe Hamilton was organist.
Mr. and Mrs. Midas Lambert of
Wilton. N. Dak., aunt and uncle of
the deceased were out-of-town at
tendants at the services.
LLOYD FUNK BACK
FROM DICKINSON
Lloyd A. Funk, chief of police
of Wolf Point returned Wednesday
from Dickinson. N. Dak., where
he was called on official business.