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/ * THE WOLF POINT HERALD $2.00 PER YEAR VOLUME VIII. NO. 4. WOLF POINT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, MARCH IS. 1920. GETTING THE 1920 WOLVES TOGETHER CAPTAIN EASTMAN HAS START; OF BALL TEAM AND LINE ON OTHERS AS GOOD WATCH 1920 "WOLVES M Rook, (Get that, Poplar?) Berens, Kandier, G. Eastman and King Are Signed Up I George Eastman will leave for 1 Minneapolis in a few days to look B over some ball players who wish to I try out with the Wolves this spring. I Mr. Eastman has been engaged to I captain the city team again this sea ! son and will devote himself to get i ting together a team as strong or 1 stronger than last season's Wolves. I Five at least of last season's team I will be in the line-up this year. These I are Berens, Kandier, Rook, King and i Geo. Eastman. In addition to these, I f Captain Eastman has a string on a I number of players in the east, in I eluding a star outfielder, a south I paw pitcher, and an experienced I ( catcher, to fill out the positions on I the team and serve as utility players. I Some excellent material is in sight I and little difficulty is anticipated in I signing up a squad that should be I considerably better than the 1919 I team. Eastman expects to sign up I a pitcher who is the equal of Herb I , Rook, who proved a puzzle to so I many good teams last year. Anoth ! er good catcher will divide back-stop I work with Kandier. I ens will probably be kept in his old I position in the field where he made I strictly good last season. King will I be used as third pitcher and all I around utility man. Practice, ac ■ cording to the plans of Eastman, will I begin May 1st, pnd the season will I open about May 15th. I The outlook for a lively baseball 'Bobbie' Ber I ) season is good. Many other towns I are going in for baseball in earnest I this year. It is understood that Wil I liston intends to get a strong team I together again this year. Poplar / getting a strong salaried team sign ed uç and has by no means given I hope of turning the tables on their I rivals, the Wolves. Glasgow an ! nounced their intention last fall I taking the 1920 pennant. Havre, I and no doubt numerous other towns along the line, will be in the game and in it strong. The Wolves' back ers will waste no breath on prema ture claims. All they say is, "Watch the 1920 Wolves." LIVING MODELS SHOW FASHION'S VERY LATEST Wolf Point's first style show was staged Tuesday evening at the But trey-Swift store before an interest ed and enthusiastic group of specta tors, among the number a generous sprinkling of husbands and a few bachelors, who were there—oh, just "because." There were gowns for afternoon, gowns for evening; there were strik ing straightline models and models with bewitching draperies or fluffy ruffles; there were satin skirts and georgette blouses, chic tailored suits / and classic coats, many of them showing the slightly raised waist-line and narrow belt that is new this Small street hats, bearing the year. Gage label, vied with the broader brimmed dress-up hats for the ap proval of the spectators. There were dozens of costumes that brought forth gasps of delight and spontane ous applause—and all charmingly displayed by Mrs. Kenneth King and Miss Lydia Anderson, who took the role of mannequins. The Liberty orchestra played throughout the evening and Mrs. E. J. Delahoyde of the F. A. Buttrey Co. of Havre sang a number of pop ular songs. A style show such as this would be a credit to a much larger place, and the Buttrey-Swift Co., are to be congratulated on the successful man ner in which it was carried out. Spring Good« Although several of them had no formal opening, all the stores selling ' women's apparel had their goods on display on the 16th and 17th and their windows attractively decorated. The Munson Hat Shop had on display a complete line of hats, coats and i 1 dresses, showing the latest styles and i materials. To those who called on I (Continued on last page) I [in i-fe* 0 \ m i * m » 4 I - . i a y { W m [• , - • >• i THE SHERMAN -WOLF POINT'S METROPOLITAN HOTEL The above is an excellent represen tation of the recently enlarged Sher man hotel that celebrated its comple tion by a Grand Opening with a 24 hour program of good time on St. Patrick's Day. first and second stories of the hotel were built in 1917-18. The past fall and winter two more floors were added and important alterations and The basement and ! Grand Opening of the Sherman—Visitors and Citizens Let Down the Bars yy Powder River, Let er Buck u A twenty-four hour program crammed full of pep, sociability and whole-souled good times, such ,as Wolf Point never enjoyed before, marked the grand opening of the Sherman hotel. In fact, the forego ing statement covers only a small portion of the ground when it comes to describing the occasion. St. Pat rick's Day was never so well cele brated, locally at least, as this year, when a large part of the citizens of the town put aside the cares of or dinary life and cut loose for a good ^ time. Luck broke wrong so far as j the weather and unfortunate time could not have been selected Monday's raging blizzard, which was much worse east of here, para lyzed train service until Wednesday night and made it impossible for hundreds who had planned to come, to reach here. The situation was better to the west and many visitors came from Havre, Glasgow and other neighboring cities. But there was no lack of numbers to make the various feature of the holiday enjoyable and successful. Local people attend ed in large numbers. bank cash, second attempt to hold up the bank j was made and that one of the rob- . bers was seriously wounded by Geo. j Flint, vice president of the bank, the i A train, made up at Williston, ar rived soon after eight o'clock in the morning and bore good sized dele gations from towns along the way. The Wolf Point Concert Band was at the depot and a big, jolly crowd was on hand to greet the visitors. Headed by the band, everybody marched up town in the direction of the Sherman. An unfortunate inci dent happened just as the procession was passing opposite the First State Bank. identity was not learned thought it would be a favorable time to hold up the bank while most of the officials were out. quickly surmised, and after a brief running fight with the police, they escaped, but without any rolls of It is hoped that none of our visitors who witnessed the affair will be led to the belief that such things are common in Wolf Point It t is rumored that later in the day a ; A couple of yeggs whose Their intentions were improvements made. The hotel now has 105 guest rooms, 40 rooms with bath, a telephone in every room, electric passenger elevator, freight elevator, 3 large sample rooms, beau tiful palm room, 30 by 50 feet, large pleasant dining room, unsurpassed dining room service. The plant com plete represents a present time value of close to $200,000. Its value to body being hurriedly dragged inside out of sight of. the passing crowds, until the hour set for the banquet, five o'clock. Just as the stream of people were filing into the main entrance of the Sherman another bit of Western rough stuff was pulled by a cowboy who had probably been celebrating beyond his capacity. Coming from So it went through the day. If it wasn't one thing, it was something else. A large part of the crowd at tended the matinee performance of the Lawn Party Minstrel at the Lib erty theatre. This filled the time j j ! ; : | ; ii ! I ! j ■ 1 j , : j ! The Spirit of the West—"Let 'em Buck! >» [the city and community can scarcely It is a constant invitation to travelers to stop here, and if possible make it headquarters. | It makes possible conventions and ■ be overestimated, gatherings of many kinds. Point is proud of its fine, modern hotel which is excelled by no hotel between Grand Forks and Great Falls. _ The Sherman is owned by the Wolf far up the avenue to the west, whooping and yelling and spurring his horse to top speed, he rode straight for the main entrance of the hotel. With scarcely a let-up he urged his pony up the stone steps and into the crowded lobby. Whoop ing and waving his hat, he endeavor ed to turn his horse to make his es cape, when the animal slipped on the smooth floor and fell flat. The rider managed to escape injury and after getting his horse up, mounted again, fired a few shots over the heads of the spectators and was gone the way he It awful to Wolf Point Hotel Co., of which R. J. Moore is president and S. T. Cogs well vice president. These two, with L. W. Gibson, T. H. Shipstead and F. E. Rathert, form the board of di rectors. C. O. Moore, secretary of the company, manages the hotel and is a big succès at the job. He says, "My name's Moore, I'm from Wolf Point." j happen just before a banquet, and those present from the cultured cit ies of the East, such as Culbertson, Mondak, Buford and Williston, must have been horrified, not to say frightened. The beautiful Palm Room had been filled with dancers most of the afternoon and it continued to be popular spot until the big show ! started at the Coliseum. The banquet tables were spread ! in the hotel dining room and the | large new sample room that has just been added. It did not take long to fill the and for the next hour feasting was the order. The sump ; tuous dinner was genuinely enjoyed to the music of a ten-piece orchestra in the hallway between the two din ; ing rooms. A vocal number by Miss Gladys Spooner of Havre delighted the diners, who gave the singer hearty encore. Wild West Stuff At eight o'clock the Wild West Show, put on by about thirty Elks from Havre, was opened up at the Coliseum. It was a new idea in Wild West stuff and was the same that was put on at Havre at the dedi cation of the Elks' temple. The idea was to reproduce the early day dance hall and saloon such as held forth in cow towns and mining camps. The The imitation was strictly good. make-up of the characters had been carefully done, from the little old hump-back eccentric Indian to "Big Liz" and "Red Sadie" and the rest of the belles of the camp. There was the bar and the piano with the "per fessor" to thump it, the dance floor, and the saloon end, laid deep with sawdust, and the gaming tables where the wide open sports of the community tried conclusions with luck. There was the long green in bunches. No one deigned to bust a ten dollar bill, because there were bundles of them easily obtained, all Catch the Spirit It proved to be a lot of fun for local people. Men and women turn ed loose and cast convention to the wind. Many of them had never seen even an imitation before and many others had often mixed into the real printed in Havre. (Continued on last page.) i JESTERS' MINSTREL SHOW WENT GREAT FORTY PEOPLE TAKE PART IN LAWN PARTY MINSTREL AUDIENCES DELIGHTED SPICY SPECIALTY HITS Amateur Entertainers of Wolf Point Have Professionals Crowded Off the Stage Tuneful, colorful, pleasing and entertaining from curtain to curtain, the "Lawn Party Minstrel" scored an unqualified success at matinee and evening performances Wednesday. It was really rather difficult for members of the audience to believe that it was entirely the product of / home talent. The program called for four acts that brought in in pleasing contrast sketches, comedy, music and special ty acts. Altogether about forty peo ple participated. The staging and costuming was far ahead of the av erage road show. All of the num erous musical numbers proved -real hits. Little Rowena Arnette of Cul bertson, as a toe-dancer, and her sister, Wilma, in the Highland fling, were strong favorites with the aud ience. It would be difficult to con ceive of numbers prettier or more graceful. Mrs. Flint and her girls in "A Lit tle Touch of Spring," presented a very charming and tuneful scene. Thornton and Rae in "Darktown Comedy" were strictly "there" and carried out their vaudeville sketch in a manner that indicated they had been there before. But of course the chorus girls were just about the top-liners when it came to popularity with the audience. There is abso lutely no need of going way down to the Shubert to see a pretty chorus. The minstrel show proper that was brought in for the fourth act sprung a lot of good stuff and intro duced soome good gags and catchy songs. It was good, thoroughly good, delightfully good, and many are hoping that the Jester's Club will not wait too long before putting on another show. IDES OF MARCH BRING SEVEREST SNOW STORM The heaviest storm of the winter hit the whole Northwest Monday, the 15th. In fact, it was a blizzard with a big B. Eastern Montana was on the western edge of the disturbance and did not suffer greatly. Here, j the storm got under way about nine : o'clock in the morning and the force , | was ^ ro ^ en eight in the eve ning. The wind was of unusual ve locity but not a great deal of snow fell and the mercury was scarcely below the freezing point all through the storm. Every day since has been bright, with a rising temperature that is thawing the snow brought by ! the storm. ! | I j I The storm had its center in North j Dakota where it was reported to be i the worst in years. Train service From the east was interrupted for \ two days and wires : Trains from the west were delayed, were down. but not seriously. On account of the brief duration j stock will not be great. of the storm in Montana and the fa vorable temperature that prevailed, it is believed that the loss of live ; Northern between Glasgow and Dev ils Lake, died at his home in Willis ton on March 7, death being caused by chronic polio from which he had i suffered for the past year. The fun j eral was held March 9. j in 1864 and came west to Wyoming at the age of 17, engaging in the stock business for four years, after which he took up railroading, j was twice married, and six children He was a member of j the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges. being a past commander of the Cru sader Commandery Knights Templar, Perhaps no railroad man was bet ter known or better liked in this tion of the country, and a host of associates and friends will mourn his VETERAN ENGINEER DIES Grant Conley, who for the past 35 years was engineer on the Great He was bom in Jerusalem, N. Y., He survive him. sec death and miss his genial presence.