The Poplar Standard : Voice of the oil city 1955-11-04

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CourityJIunter Bags 19-Point Buck
HISTORICAL SOC̀ I I      OF MONTANA
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Truck-Car Accident Happens Near Bainville�
Collision Kills 3 in Family
Legion Opens Hall To Poplar Minors
Poplar tcn-agers can use the I-ogion hall auditorium for dances and other events every Friday night from now on. Certain provisions were agreed upon by the Poplar high school student council last Thudsday when they met with the Legion Post No. 55 committee.
Every Friday the hall will be reserved for minors from 8 p.m. to midnignt.
All minors are welcome. They will be required to sign in on entering the building and sign out on leaving. They cannot leave the hall and be re-admitted during the same evening. They are welcome to bring guests who may be older, but the guests will be required to abide by the same provisions.
Two Legionairre couples will be on hand to chaperone the events every Friday night.
The student council will appoint its entertainment committee, cleanup committee, and food or refresh-
FBI ENTERS LONDON CASE; TRIAL MONDAY
CIRCLE�The Federal Bureau of Investigation has brought back to Montana two material witnesses from Texas for the trial of Floyd C. and Billy London.
The state starts its case Monday when F. C   London's trial begins at 10 a.m. F. C. London and his son Billv are being tried in district court at Circl" for the murder of Clement Myszka. 17. who was killed Aug. 17 at the London farm. FBI    Agent    Daniel    Curnam. Miles   City,   filed   a   complaint charqing "unlawful flight to avoid aiving   testimony"   against   Troy Crosley and  Marvin Byron. The two are material witnesses in the case.
After ascertaining that Crosley and Byron fled the state. McCone County Attorney B. Miles I.arson and his special assistant Roland G. Colgrove. Miles City attorney, requested that the FBI steD into the case. Agents of the FBI arrested Crosley in Amarillo. Texas, and Byron in Memphis. Texas.
mcnt committee. The Legion club will furnish the soft drinks at cost and council may agree to sell these refreshments as they wish. A juke box will be provided with an initial set of records free to the council and additional records to be used in the future will be the responsibility of the council or the minors using the hall.
Globetrotters Play Basketball Game At Poplar Nov. 17 r
A 19-POINT BUCK, the big-est reported yet this year at Broadus. is exhibited by successful hunter. Harvey F. Berner. Wolf Point. Berner shot the deer about 30 miles south of Broadus Oct. 23 while with a party of five. The others. Einar Kolden. Bill Ah-rens. Bill Hoversland. and Ernest Stensland, also got their deer and each got their antelope. The men hunted in area 35 from Saturday noon to Tuesday evening.
The nationally-known Globetrotters basketball team will meet the House of David Nov. 17 at the Poplar Armory at 8 p.m. Besides the basketball entertainment, vaudeville acts will be staged at the half-time.
On the lineup will be players from New York City. Nashv.lle. Tenn.. Los Argeles. Calif.. Astoria. N. Y.: Detroit. Mich.; Shelbyviile. Ky.: Huston Texas.
The Globetrotters are owned, coached, founded and booked by A. M. Saperstein.
Penny Art Contest Will Be Sponsored Bu Women's Club
The Poplar Women's club met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Peder Moe with Mrs. John Duffield assistant hostess.
The club will again sponsor the Penny Art fund contest for local seniors. Rules and regulations are to be announced later. Art scholarships are awarded by the General Federation.
A report was given by Mrs. Moe on Girl Scouts and the need for leaders. A rummage sale will be held in the near future by the group. Definite details will be announced later. Mrs. Fred Clark reported that films on cancer are available from Mrs. J. B. Kemp. Cancer Drive chairman. Wolf Point. The next meeting will be Nov. 15 at the home of Mrs. Sig Thompson with Mrs. Richard Os-weiler co-hostess.
Fred Boese, 81, Wolf Point Man, Dies in Hospital
Funeral services will be conduct-, ed Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception church in Wolf Point for Fred Boese. 81. who died at the Dale hospital in Poplar Oct. 31. Father Patrick ORielly will be in charge of the services and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. Wolf Point.
Mr. Boese was born Sept. 27. 1874. in Austria. In 1897 he came to the United States with his parents who settled in Minnesota. He lived there and in North Dakota until 1916 when he came to Montana and has made Wolf Point his
Leo L. Combs, 54, Dies in Poplar; Services Saturday
Funeral services for Leo L. Combs. 54. Poplar, will be Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian church in Poplar. Rev. James Henrickson will officiate. Mr. Combs died at the Poplar Ci'y hospital Tuesday after an extended illness.
Mr. Combs was born Aug. 19. 1901. at El Reno. Okla.. the son of Mr and Mrs. O. J. Combs. He came to Montana with his parents in 1913 from Oklahoma. From 1913 to 1927 he lived at Hinsdale and Malta, moving to Poplar in 1927. There he has been engaged in farming.
On Sept. 29. 1928. he married Gladys A. Martin at Glasgow.
Survivors are his widow; one son. Max Comb. Poplar: two daughters. Mrs. Malcolm Macdonald. Fra-zer. and Mrs. Barney Foster. Poplar: his father. O. J. Combs. Poplar: one brother. Jay Combs. Nashua: one sister. Mrs. Lewis Ernst. Helena, and four grandsons.
BENSON TELLS HOW SUPPORTS HELP ECONOMY
Adequate and effective price supports are needed because one development of modern agriculture has placed the farmers in a vulnerable economic position. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson recently told a farm group.
"Programs of price support and storage are needed." he added, "to help assure stability of farm in-| come and prices in the interest of all our people.
"But isn't it also true that we need to recognize that there are some things price supports arc incapable of doing?" the Secretary asked. "They cannot by themselves improve the efficiency of farm methods. They cannot create a market for a commodity of the support is pricing the commodity out of the market. They cannot provide adequate income where production itself has to be cut down too far in order to keep prices near the support level
"The goals of fair prices and income in the market place cannot be achieved by price support alone, nor indeed by government programs alone."
The administration today is striving to plan, b-iild and maintain sound farm programs that foster a prosperous agriculture � programs that are constructed segment by segment, and all joined into a harmonious, well-fitted entity. Secretary Benson declared.
"We are energetically moving surpluses into channels of consumption, both at home and abroad, on as large a scale as conditions permit." he stated. "We have sent trade missions abroad. We have carried on barter and other programs. We have started aggressive merchandising campaigns. We have sought the cooperation of business and industry as never before.
"And these efforts are paying off. Agriculture is fighting harder and more intelligently for markets� for consumer attention and consumer dollars. We are pinpointing our research to specific marketing problems. We are finding out where the markets arc and how best to develop them . . .
"There is no greater need today in agriculture than a courageous, objective presnetation of the economics of farm policy ... If the people understand what can and what cannot be done for agriculture by government, they will be less likely to demand . . . those things which are impossible to fulfill."
Poplar Rolls Over Baker Team, 40-0
Hendrickson Appeals Driving Charge
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Kenneth Hendrickson. Medicine Lake, appeared in Judge Moon's Court in Culbertson Monday morning. Oct. 24. and was found guilty of operating a car while under the influence of liquor. He was involved in an accident one and one-half miles north of Froid Wednesday morning about 1:30 p.m. in which both he and his passenger. Don Tvcrberg. Medicine Lake, owner of the car. were both slightly injured.
Attorney Vern Hoven. Plenty-wood, representing Hendrickson, appealed and a date for trial in district court will be set later.
Judge Moon set the fine as $300 and Mr. Hendrickson was released on $600 cash bond-
home since 1916. He was engaged in farming and ranching. He married Sophia Koshofska in Grand Forks. N. D.. August, 1913.
One son. Roy Boese. Seattle, survives him.
The Poplar Indians came into their own last Wednesday night before the home crowd to roll up a convincing score against the hapless Baker eleven.
It was Poplar all the way from the opening kick-off to Baker. Baker was unable to show any gain on the first four plays. With a block of the fourth kick. Poplar came into the limelight and from there on it was a race track for the Indians.
Poplar took the ball on the Baker 15 and on two consecutive carries by fullback Tommy Brown. Poplar had scored. Jamie Baker carried the mail for the extra point, and Poplar led 7-0.
The second score was set up when the Indians took over on their own 18 yd. line. Freshman Melvin Clreybull started the drive from the 18 and on out to the 31-Tommy Brown carried to the 35 and Laurie Henrikson, kept the ball on a bootleg play good to the Baker 31 yard line. Ted Nees carried to the 15 on an end-around play and Tommy Brown packed the next time down to the end zone for the talley. The try for extra point failed and Poplar led 13-0. Jamie Baker tallied for the third time and Laurie Henrikson made good the extra point and put the Indians out front with a 20-0 half time lead.
The second half was a repeat performance with Tommy Brown playing his best brand of ball for the season, ripping across for 33 yards and the fourth TD. Again Henrikson carried over the extra point.
On a Baker fumble, left tackle of Poplar John O'Brien grabbed the ball out of mid-air and scampered 40 yards to cross over for the fifth TD. Jamie Baker carried for the extra point, to make the score 34-0.
The final score came on a drive by the inspired Indians on their own 35 yard line and after two running and passing attempts which moved the ball to the opponent's 40; Laurie Henrikson. on a keeper play, skirted the left side of his line, cut back to his right and went all the way standing up. The final curtain came down with the score 40-0.
Outstanding defensive play was dor* by the entire team. Ted Nees. Fred Sayers and Ed Hibl accounted for the largest number of tackles. Offensively, the nod would go to the fine calling and running of Laurie Henrikson backed by the splendid performance of Tommy Brown and Jamie Baker and a host of other backs who played in the game. The variety of calls by quarterback Laurie Henrikson kept the Baker team on the guessing side and they were never able to show much threat in the entire game.
Culbertson Man Gives lip Hunting, Gets Deer Anyway
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deer. So Saturday morning he decided to spend his time to better advantage and loaded his family Into their 1964 station wagon and started for Austin. Minn., to visit Mrs. Schledewitz's family.
It was on Highway 2 near the State Line club that Schledewitz unexpectedly bagged a deer � with his car. The auto had to be towed back to Culbertson where a leaking radiator and bent right fender slowed down the vacation plans for a day.
The deer was too badly mangled even for hamburger, Schledewitz reported.
CULBERTSON FIRE DEPARTMENT and 20 carloads of volunteers battle a prairie fire on the Fort Kipp reservation Wednesday
afternoon. The fire spot-burned two sections of river bottom before it was brought under con-
The Poplar Standard
'Voice of The Oil City'
VOL. 47      NO. 2
Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana, Friday, November 4, 1955
Car Kills Cow; Juvenile Drives Accident Auto
A cow figured in an accident investigated by highway patrolmen recently. A 1951 Chevrolet sedan, driven by a 15-year-old boy. collided with a cow owned by Tom Davis. Scobey.
The accident, which occurred Oct. 12. was 1.7 miles West of Scobey on the Scobey Four Butte road. The minor driver was heading east about 60 miles per hour and met a car headed west. The boy says the lights blinded him and he didn't see the cow until too late. Two minor passengers were with him. No one was hurt.
Juvenile authorities in Scobey are investigating the case. The cow was killed in the mishap and the car was considerably damaged.
Antelope Hunting Area J1 Permits Are Still Available
Antelope permits will be available until Nov. 7 for Area 11. which includes Golden Valley and part of Wheatland counties, according to the Montana Fish and Game department
POPLAR FACULTY ATTENDS MEETS IN 3 CITIES
Members of the Poplar faculty attended the Montana Education association conventions in Glasgow, Great Falls, and Miles City.
About half of the faculty went to Glasgow, six or seven went to Miles City and the rest went to Great Falls. Special sessions on music and industrial aits were conducted in Miles City with Margaret Hood. Ann Arbor, Mich., and Paul Yodcr. arranger and composer. Chicago. 111., attending.
Yodcr directed a band composed of top student of schools from all districts in Montana, with 18 schools represented. Yodcr is a tentative adjudicator for bands in the eastern division Music Festival next spring.
Miss Hood is music director and supervisor of music in Ann Arbor schools and conducted several music sessions.
School Improves Grounds, Builds Enclosing Fence
Poplar school grounds are getting a "new look" with recent improvements.
New playground equipment has been added to the school yard. A new asphalt mat has been spread to give children a big playing area. Nearly every type of playground equipment and duplicates have been installed on the playground, including basketball backboards. Plans are underway to install another basketball set in the near future. Around the entire area is a three-foot fence.
The football field and the baseball diamond are now being enclosed with a seven-foot fence all the way around.
EVENSONS' BABY TOPS SCALES AT 13 POUNDS WOLF POINT�
A record weight was recorded at Trinity hospital Sunday when a 13 lb. 4' ^ oz. baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harley Evenson. Dr. R. D. Knapp delivered the truly "bouncing baby boy," named Douglas Lavern and reports that it's the biggest yet that he hat delivered in his 20 years of practice.
Possibilities Of Hospital Contemplated
A meeting between Poplar and Wolf Point hospital officials on the two communities working .together to bring about the buildfng of a hospital with federal aid will be held in the near future.
Federal funds will possibly build one big hospital for the area, a spokesman said, with the Hill-Burton federal fund contributing up to 40 per cent of the cost and the Indian Service of the Interior department contributing an undetermined amount.
On Oct. 24, officials from Washington. D. C. Billings, and State Board of Health board members from Helena met in Poplar to discuss with Poplar representatives the probability of a hospital. James Archdale. assistant chairman of the tribal council, represented the council.
Among those present were Dr Dean. Washington. D. C; Mrs. Dor-ithy Jan Youtz. assistant secretary -f the Department of Health. Education and Welfare. Washington. D. C; Dr. McCammon. Billings: Dr. Munzenrider, and Dr. Ensign, State Board of Health. Helena; Dr. McLean, commissioner of the Health Service. Helena, and Mr. Dubuque, area sanitation. Billings.
Operators Spud In Well North of WP
A new oil well was spudded in late Tuesday night 19 miles north of Wolf point. Other oil news includes announcement of a producer in the East Poplar field�No. 66. pumping at the rate of 217 barrels of oil.
Erickson Invites Poplar Residents To Visit Schools
American Education week is being observed this year on Nov. 6-12. The general theme for 1955 is "Schools. Your Investment in America."
No special events are being planned by the Poplar Public schools, but a general invitation is issued to all parents and all others interested, to visit the schools and to see them in action, Supt of Schools Erickson said. "We celebrate this week because through the schools we preserve and develop our finer values of education. It is hoped that during this particular time parents, other citizens, teachers and students may rededicate themselves to the cause of education and democracy." he said.
"Parents�these are your schools, your investment in America. Take a half hour or so next week to see what your schools are doing for your boys and girls." Supt. Erickson concluded.
HUMAN RELATION GROUP WILL MEET
Pres. Vern Dusenberry. Director of Arts association. Montasa State university; Dr. Harold Tascher. Montana State university; Dr. Al Brockman, president. Northern Montana college, Havre; Steve De-merrias. Interibal Policy board; E. BeiKmen, state co-ordinator of Indian affairs, and Richard Rud-rell, Spearfish. S. D. former co-ordinator of Human Relations. Rapid City. S. D.. now with the S. D. T.B. association will be in Poplar. Tuesday, Nov. 23, to discuss the Human Relation situation with local groups.
STEVEN STANDING DIES WEDNESDAY IN POPLAR
Tentative funeral services have been set for Monday, Nov. 7. at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian church in Oswego for Steven Standing, Poplar old time resident. Mr. Standing died Wednesday.
A more complete obituary will appear in the paper next week.
TOFTE TO TALK ON ORGANIZING CUB SCOUT PACK
Ordean Tofte. from the Great Plains district of the Boy Scouts of Minot. will be in Poplar Nov. 9. 10. and 11 to organize a Cub Scout pack. Tofte will explain to the �ubs and their mothers how to set up a program in Poplar. At the same meeting. Howard Helmer reported on a district Boy Scout conference in poplar last Monday.
All interested Cubs and mothers are welcome to attend the organization meeting.
Helmer reported that the main topic of the district Boy Scout meeting was a Boy Scout camp that is to be set up some place in this area. Possible camp sites discussed were at Chelsea lake and Fort Peck dam. The group decided that next spring a camporee would be held at each of the sites to show the Great Plains office that it would be a good investment to set up a permanent camp at one of the sites.
Representatives to the Poplar meeting were from Opheim. Glasgow. Fort Peck. Wolf Point. Culbertson. Plentywood. and Scobey. Tofte was also present.
The M. R. Wagner et al. No. 1 Henry Carlson well was spudded in late Tuesday night north of Wolf Point with a location of SW-SW-10-34 --46.
East Poplar Unit No. 66 is pumping 217 barrels of oil with 14 per cent salt water from the B 2 zone.
East Poplar Unit No 63 is running drill stem tests from 6..401 feet to 6.417 feet. The total depth is 6.417 feet in the Mission Canyon. During the week under review from drill stem tests were samples taken in the Mission Canyon. They all flowed salt water.
East poplar Unit No. 67 is moving in a pulling unit to complete in the Charles B 2 zone.
East Poplar Unit No. 68 is a new infill location located in the SW NE 11-28N-51E and is drilling at 250 feet.
East Poplar Unit 69 is rigging up a pulling unit to complete in the 3 2 zone.
The information from Me Richfield oil Co. in the north end of the field seems to be rather scarce as the operator is reluctant to give any information. However, it has been reliably reported that the No. 3 Buck Elk is pentrating the Charles formation and completing in the B 1 or B 2 zones.
Body of Boy, 4, Missing One Year, Found in Slough
The body of a four-year-old North Dakota boy who disappeared a year ago was found Sunday in a slough a mile away from his farm home. The body was found ir 10 inches of water by Assistant Fire Chief Vern Steele. Grenora, N. D.
Lavern Enget, son of Mr. and Mrs. Obert Enget. had caused a wide-spread search beginning Oct. 17. 1954. when he walked into the fields to meet his father at dusk and was never seen again. Thousands of searchers joined hands and formed a human chain in a shoulder-to-shoulder search last year, covering a 100-square mile area around the Enget farm. The search finally had to be given up because of bad weather.
Sunday's search ir. the area around the farm, near Powers Lake, N. I)., was a final effort after helicopters, airplanes and bloodhounds had tried. Sloughs were drained in 40-degree weather in a last effort to try and discover the fate of the little boy.
A Williston. N. D., newsman. Dan Halligan, organized the search to "Ease the last doubts" in the minds of the child's parents who thought their son had been taken away, but still wanted a check of the sloughs.
The sloughs were overlooked last year because authorities felt a child could not make his way through the shoulder-high weeds and sleugh grass that surrounded the ponds then.
TWO-DAY HUNT FOR DEER SET AT FORT PECK
Special permits for 80 either-sex deer will be issued to hunters at Fort Peck Nov. 22. for a two-day hunt in McCone county. The permits will be valid from Nov. 26 through Nov. 27. as ordered by the Montana Fish and Game commission.
The hunting area is described as that portion of McCone county lying north of Montana Highway 24. A-est of the Fort Peck spillway channel, and east of the posted line in the vicinity of the Fort Peck Dam powerhouse.
AH applicants must have a valid big game license, and need not have the deer tag attached. All applicants will be registered at the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service headquarters in Fort Peck at 6 p.m.. Nov. 22.
If more applications than permits are recived. a drawing will be conducted at 8 p.m at the registration place, a spokesman said.
Court Takes Case Of Harmon Baby Under Advisement
Fifteenth judicial district court took the Harmon case on a Writ of Habeas Corpus under advisement and will continue hearings until the next regular law and motion day.
The action was brought by Bette Lou Harmon. Bainville who wants her 21-month-old baby. Carl Har-mos III. back. The baby was taken for a ride Sept. I by his father. Carl Harmon Jr., and was never returned. He is allegedly being taken care of by his paternal grandparents, presumably in Washington state.
Neither Mrs. Harmon nor the respondent. Harmon Jr.. were in court last Thursday, but were represented by their lawyers. John Bayuk and Ernest Walton.
Bayuk Files Complaint of Manslaughter
Three persons !n one family were killed in an automobile-beer truck near head-on collision about 2:35 p.m. Monday one and one-half mile* west of Bainville.
Dead are Gerhard Borgen. 63: his son Verlin Ray Borgen. about 11, and Mrs. C. C. Janzen, about 70, Munich, N. D . Mrs. Borgen's mother. Mrs. Borgen, about 41, is in critical condition in the Culbertson hospital. The Borgens are from the Lustre community. A criminal complaint of Involuntary manslaughter has been filed by County Attorney John Bay-
Coroner's Jury Cites Ferguson For Negligence
A coroner's jury found that Ferguson was driving in a grossly negligent manner while under the influence of Intoxicating liquor. The jury gave its verdict late Thursday afternoon in Wolf Point.
The verdict read that Gerhard Borgen. Mrs. C. C. Janzen, and Verlin Borgen "came to their death as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident at approximately 2:45 p.m., Monday. Oct. 31, 1955, while riding in an automobile that was struck by a Ford truck driven by Scott Ferguson in a grossly negligent manner while under the influence of intoxicating liquor."
The jury also determined that the accident happened on U.S. Highway No. 2 approximately one and one-half miles west of Bainville.
uk against Scott Ferguson. 34. Glasgow, driver of the truck. A coroner's inquest will be completed this afternoon, tuning at 1:30 p.m. Ferguson Is in the Trinity hospital in Wolf Point with minor injuries.
The accident was the county's worst for several years.
The Borgen 1953 Mercury was headed west on the new highway out of Bainville when it collided with the beer truck owned by Kjelstrup   Distributors   of   Glasgow, which was going east. The left front of the truck hit the left side of the Ill-fated auto, completely tearing the ear apart, and wrecking the truck, which  was half loaded with Leer. According   to   Lyman   Clayton. Roosevelt county coroner, the accident happened on a slight curve. The highway surface was dry and apparently the truck veered across the highway, colliding wit'.i the car. The highway is 34 feet wide with six feet of shoulder on each side where the impact took place.
Killed instantly in the crash were Borgen and his son. Mrs. Janzen died at the Culbertson hospilaL She was taken to Culbertson by Gordon Peterson and Howard Mc-Kinney and Mrs. Borgen was taken by Linden Wolf and Clifford Olson.
The criminal complaint states. "Scott Ferguson . . . while driving an automobile in an intoxicated condition, did recklessly and negligently drive said auto without due caution or circumspection, in such a manner as to product the death of Gerhard Borgen. Mrs. C. C. Janzen, and Verlin Borgen "
On the coroner's jury arc Kenneth Voss. Mike Vukclich, Garnet Montgomery, P. F. Eldridge. L. F. Bruggeman, Lorentz Holum. and William Jacobi.
�Funeral arrangements are now being made, by :he family.
FATAL WRECK NEAR FRAZER BRINGS CHARGES
Bond was set at $5.000 for Albert Parrow. 48. on a charge of manslaughter as a result of the death of Mrs- Winnie Smith. 35. following an auto accident near Frazcr Sept. 11. District Judge James T Shea at Glasgow set the bond.
A Roosevelt county coroner's jury had returned a verdict that Mrs. Smith, who died in a Wolf Point hospital Sept. 13. was fatally injured in a car "driven in a   careless   manner   by   Albert Parrow." Since the accident occurred  in  Valley county, even though   the   death   occurred   in Roosevelt county, charges were brought in Glasgow. The accident happened 1.4 miles west of Frazer. The Parrow car. going east, hit the bridge rail on the West Fork of Charley Creek on Highway 2. Both Parrow and Mrs. Smith were taken to Wolf Point where Mrs. Smith died two days later.
Mrs Smith had lived in Glasgow for about a month previous to h*r death, and had come from Poplar and Parrow was employed in building work in Glasgow.