Dusting Off The Pages
100 Years Ago
Chautauqua
Chautaqua closed its six days engagement with “Joy Nite” with McDonald Birch and his artistic magic. The 12 programs consisted of four lectures, two plays, three musical companies, a magician, a clown and the junior chautauqua. The comedy dramas were reported to be the best spoken dramas ever given in the city.
Boy Injured
A 7-year-old boy, Arthur Hanson, was struck by a car and his right leg was broken a few inches above the ankle. He stopped to talk with a friend, standing on the crosswalk, not far from the sidewalk. The car, driven at a rapid pace, came around the corner behind him. The driver said he thought the boys were waiting for a chance to catch on his car and did not realize that he had struck one of them.
County Buildings
The board of county commissioners held two sessions during the week. Practically all of the time was given to considering the different propositions for housing the county offices and jail. The board is taking lots of time to deliberate as the offices are comfortably situated in temporary quarters along the street without cost to the county and it is quite a while till cold weather. The possibilities of the situation include the solid block of ground in the eastern part of the city which the city authorities are ready to dedicate to public use, if the board should want it for county purposes, such as a jail site.
75 Years Ago
Stampede Promoted
Minneapolis and St. Paul learned all about the 26th annual Wild Horse Stampede due to “Buckskin Mary” and “Calamity Frances” of Wolf Point. The two westerners, who in reality were Mrs. Thorvald Jensen and Mrs. Albert Berndt Sr., represented the Wolf Point lodge of the Degree of Honor Lodge of America at a convention.
Truck Crash
Two Roosevelt County youths died of injuries and three others suffered minor injuries when the pickup truck they were riding crashed into a ditch four miles east of Wolf Point on Highway 13. Manley Louis Doornek, 17, and Elden Leroy Vandall, 16, were the fatality victims. Both of them were passengers in the rear box of the pickup. The group had attended a dance in Presserville.
Polio
Roosevelt County’s first case of infantile paralysis was reported. A daughter of Cliff Mathiason, Bainville, is receiving emergency treatment in a Minot, N.D., hospital.
Barn Fire
A large barn, considerable hay, ground feed and a calf were destroyed by fire at the Wilbur (Pete) Baker farm 32 miles north of Poplar. The Bakers were visiting in Scobey and returned in time to see the fire consume the entire barn, a nearby cattle shed and corral.
50 Years Ago
Power Out
The entire city of Wolf Point was without power for an hour and a half and parts were out for as long as four and a half hours when a fuse assembly in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation substation west of the city broke and burned out. Montana Dakota Utilities said the damaged forced the bureau to switch to its line from Fort Peck to Wolf Point, which was inadequate to handle the full load.
Downs Returns
Harry N. “Skip” Downs, son of publisher Mrs. Harry Downs Sr., has rejoined the staff of The Herald-News as general manager. Downs and his wife, Ina Mae, have purchased a home in Wolf Point. He previously worked for the Sidney Herald, living in Fairview.
New Managers
Mr. and Mrs. James Evans have been named the VFW bowling managers for the coming season. VFW’s lanes have been resurfaced.
Suit Dismissed
A $60,230 suit of Dynalectron Corp., Washington, D.C., against Fort Peck Tribal Industries was dismissed by a federal judge. Both sides agreed to dismiss the suit as fully settled.
