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m p a m W - . r - < f lreVoR ' 'O F h e i ^ w a : - \ • *■ r tC’^ (CONTINUING THE, BAKER SENTINEL) V ol . 17, 7 * ‘ BAKER, FALLON COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, AUG.6, 1925. % 6 No. 11 \'\M l PROHIBITION IS SUCCESSFUL IN MONTANA, SAYS SPEAKER MRS. W. C. DAWES, STATE PRESIDENT OF W. C. T. U. ADDRESSES BAKER WO MEN THE COUNTY FAIR Mrs. W. C. Dawes of Bozeman, State President of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, ad dressed an audience at the Congrega tional Church in Baker last Sunday evening in an able and interesting manner. A brief history was given of the Women’s Christian Temperance Un ion whch has had over fifty years of activity, and to which, perhaps, more than to any other organization is due the achievement of National Consti tutional Prohibition. The organiza tion also had a large part in securing the adoption of the Nineteenth Am- mendraent, giving equal suffrage to women. At present, said Mrs. Dawes, the aims of the organization are world prohibition, world purity, and world peace. This is Youth year in the activi ties of the Montana W. C. T. U. Lo- The County Fair books, with pre miums and programs is now mailed out. W e intended that at least one book should be in every family in Fallon County. If you received none write or phone the Secretary. You will note that the Fair Board has covered everything produced in the County. Refer to the premium lists and get in touch, with the Division Superintendent who has charge of the division in which you wish to enter any article for a premium. Ox write the Secretary who will list your entries. All • Superintendents and Assistants have expressed their willingness to enter into tlhis Fair to the fullest extent and will welcome your co-operation, so write them or talk to them and get entries fisted. The season is most too busy to try and get a meeting of the Heads of the different Divisions, but if all will take hold, we will attain success without a meeting. We do not expect any very fast cal unions in the state are working especially in the interest of the boys, houses for the races, nor very fast and girls, enlisting and training them!cars. bu* ^ ould llke a , have in the principles of total abstinence j el*her of *he above *<> let « s kn™ and prohibition. The speaker ex -' as soon a3 P pressed the confidence of the W. C. Jto entef, or. T U. in the re-orgamzation policy of. The Grandstand, two stock barn* the Federal Prohibition Department, and the ladleS rest are but called attention to the fact that completed, and you will be agreeably the successful enforcement qf the' surprised when you see them. national 1 Captains for the different contests will be notified this week end it will prohibition laws is not a problem, but rather one for each lo cal community to solve and that each citizen has an individual respon sibility in the observance and en forcement of these law*. If good citizens would proclaim the benefits from prohibition to our state and naton, it would do much to counter-act the false propaganda of \ the organized liquor forces that pro hibition has been a failure and that condtions are worse than before. Roger Babson was quoted by the speaker as stating that prohibition has been the chief factor in the largely increased bank deposits over our country, in the number of sav ings accounts having multiplied over feur times, and in the decrease of the natonal death rate to the extent that approximately a million lives have been saved in the 5j4 years since the 18th Amendment went into effect. In some counties in Montana the cost of criminal prosecutions has de creased more than 75 per cent since saloons were closed in our state on January 1, 1918. According to Mrs. Dawes, the re cords of the Mfontana State Prison at Deer Lodge show that the average daily population of that institution has decreased 50 per cent since 1917; from 709 in that year to approximate ly 300 at the present time. The last published report of the be appreciated very much if those called upon to take pert will do so. Watch the program and be *ur« to be on deck when the time comes for your part, so there will be no lost time between events. The Fair Board wish to thank you in advance for your support, and will expert .to'.sce you at-the -Fair. Yours truly, Fallon County Fair Board. OIL NEWS (By G. R. Moshier) The regrettable thing in the Baker Field is that the thousands of dollars that have been spent by the Baker people in oil stock and speculation in other fields, was not used for the de velopment of this field. If this haa been done, the Great Baker Field would today have been an oil pro ducing field instead of a plain wild cat territory. The striking of oil at Edgemont makes this field look more favorable than ever. It proves that oil exists in the sands that are known to be here. Wolf Crook Drilling To Continue (From Pinele Leader) In order to offset certain unround- Montana Hospital for the Insane at «d rumors which have lately been Warm Springs shows a decrease oi over 75 per cent in the number oi .cases of alcoholic insanity admitted to the institution since 1917. The following figures are taken from State Vital Statistics: The number of deaths from alcoholism in Montana for the last three years be fore prohibition was 1485 or an aver age of 495 each year. For the next 3-year period after the saloons were closed there were 231 deaths or 77 each year. The number of persons using alcoholic beverages in the state ,has greatly decreased since the qual ity of the moonshiner’s product rs spread regarding the cessation of op erations of the California-Montana Syndicate oil well in Carter county, Mr. John L. Schaefer, chief counsel for the C. M. Syndicate, who has just returned to this section, has the fol lowing to say: “The C. MJ. Syndicate has never had any definite idea of abandonig their their drilling project in Carter coun ty. It is true that the present litiga tion with L. J. Leutbart has caused a temporary delay. It is a natural outcome of such certain delays to have unfounded rumors created and spread and grow as they spread. But much more poisonous than the alco- for the information of those inter- i- t ______________ e ___________ t t - _ , i * - . . . . __________________________________________ . ____ « holic beverages formerly sold in the legalized saloons. There has been a slight increase since 1923 in the number of deaths from alcoholism and this is largely attributed to .the violations of the medical prescription law. The prohbition law passed in 1916 by nearly 30,000 majority of Montana citizens was a bone dry law. This was in effect over two years when the state legislature nullified a part of it by legalizing the medical pre scription of alcohoL The W . C T. U. advocates the re peal of this legislative enactment and the restoration of the bone-dry pro visions of the law adopted by the ci tizens in 1916. L. Price and daughter, Jeanette and Jean .Emerson expect to leave. Thursday l o r a vacation trip to the Western pail of the/State. ested, I have this statement to make: “Drilling will be resumed just as soon as casing and other necessary equipment can be placed on location. Proper arrangements were made Saturday to proceed with the drilling pending the litigaton, and thereby eliminating any further delay along this line. “W e are working at present on a plan whereby the creditors of L. J. Leuthart will be properly taken care of in due course o f time. It is this phase of the matter which has been the real cause o f this temporary de lay. One thing is certain, the C.-M. Syndicate will use all-efforts to .pro tect its owns interests. here and will not abandon those who are also in nocently involved through the alleg ed s mismanagement o f L. J. Leu- thart.* Phone your news-to 41 BeeriTbur fiiend1 TAX ASSESSMENT FOR 1925 IHV POST OFFICE TO MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS inigijeeaaeeBnuetiaaBBiiniHEnffliBE in I 'inrMUilllMl BAKER SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. 8th <- MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED FROM NON-RESIDENT r PUPILS iiinniiiiunnpDiDimunnHininimQuniiininnnniininF the library July 20 with their former Scoutmaster, Charles Haftle. Boxing was the main sport event of the ev enng. After a pleasant evening the Scouts left for their homes. NEW BEAVER CREEK BRIDGE county bridge; across the Beaver near Webster* is progressing nicely. The concrete bases and piers are in and the steel its being placed. We understand that itis located a short distance east of the old ford it Louie Wil liams. SKLAR-AEROIZER CHINE The Baker Schools will open Tues^ day, September 8 th. A full corps of teachers has been secured and all in dications point to a very successful year. . Dad Seeley has Been on the job all summer- and the building*. ^ Vork-oflk^he new Have' been re-decorated and will be in good shape for occupancy at the opening date. Many inquiries hav<- been received from out-of-town par ents relative to high school wor*. We will be glad to welcome these people to our town and our school. Miss Jeanette Price will have charge of the music for both grades] and high school. This means a con- , tinuation of the good work started last year. Two years of commercial work will be offered and if there is a demand for it, a start will be made in building up a teacher training aepart- nuent. The academic work offered will be of the type that will meet col lege entrance requirements. A lull Curriculum will be published in a lat er issue. Patrons should make a special ef fort to start their children at the very beginning of school. Work missed is exceedingly hard to make up. Sometimes a pupil loses a wnoie Year’s work b y , entering a month late. Any inquiries MA- Dr. Blakemore received and in stalled in the Elizabeth Hospital one of the latest model “Steiner Aero- izer’’ ether warmed suction appa ratus for tonsillectomy operation*. The doctor recently sold his old ma chine. MR. E. D. BUNTING LOCATING IN BAKER Patrons of the Jacob’s Meat Mar ket have been pleased to meet Mr. E. D. Bunting, who has purchased an interest m the establishment and is about school 1 now a Bakcr citizen. He comes from work may be directed to Superin tendent A. O. Gullidge, Dillon, Mon tana, until August 20th. BOY SCOUTS Thursday evening twenty-three Boy Scouts accompanied by former Scoutmaster Charles Haftle and As sistant Scoutmaster L. E. Living ston, went to Wildwood in trucks and cars. The Scouts played ball and \capture the flag.” A number of them gather ed choke-cherries. Asst. Scoutmast er Livingston built a fire from wood gathered by the boys. With two big frying pans, hamburger was fried for a hundred sandwiches. Then two big pails of cocoa and a large quantity of cookies were served to the hungry boys. The high eating score of the evening was made by Gene Duppler, cub Scout, who ate seven hamburger sandwiches, half a dozen cookie;, a pocketful of choke-cherries washed down by two cups of cocoa, and then he admitted he wasn’t hungry. After the big feed, several boxing matches were pmt on by-the boys ev enly matched. Bud Zook, cub Scout, delayed the game when it came his •turn to box, until he emptied his poc kets of choke-cherries. , The Scouts arrived in Baker about •9 o’clock “rarin’ to go again” soon. ; The Scouts will furnish lots of en tertainment at the County Fair this year. There will be bicycle races, foot ■ races, boxing and other contests by the Scouts., The Scouts, met in the basement o f Corning, Iowa, but was located in ^Geraldine, this state for about 'll years. Mr. Bunting says that alter living in Montana, the good old Hawkeyc State was not good enough and he was not satisfied when he got back, and again located in the Treas ure State. HOSPITAL NEWS Mrs. Joc Steffes and son will be able to return to her home me last of this week. Mr. and Mrs. ^mos Grcnlee are the proud parents of a baby girl born at the Elizabeth Hospita* last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner are the proud parents of a baby girl born at the Elizabeth Hospital, Sun day morning. Mrs.. Wallis Pratt was at the Eliz abeth Hospital for medical treat ment, Monday. B. D. Grant has received word that he is the successful bidder for the lease of post office quarters. He will start at once to remodel his building and put it in first class shape for the post office. Postmaster Mpshier says he expects to be in the new quarters on September 7th. The new location is in one of the best buildings in Baker and is ex ceptionally well located. The post office business has long grown ouj of the old quarters and a larger build ing was much tyeded. Few people realize the tremendous amount of mail that is handled at the Baker Post Office. Mail goes through this office for some twenty| other post of fices in the south country, and a lot of space is needed for this mail alone to say nothing of the local mail which is increasing each year. FALLON COUNTY PRINCESS Miss Ellen Ovens- has been eiecfe^ to attend the State Fair, at Helena as Fallon County’s most popular young lady. • Ellen attended the Baker Schools for a number of years- and was a great favorite among her school mates. She has always taken part in social activities, and we are sure that she will make many friends on her trip. $1 •' ' ,.V ; x REPORT SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN DAIRY CATTLE AND HOGS V .' County Assessor R. W. Marks has compiled an abstract of tax assess ments showing full and true or actu al valuation for 1925 as follows: Real Estate .......................... $7,855,081 Improvements ...................... 1,442,283 Live Stock ........................ 715,584 All other Personal Property 950,404 Railroads, Teleg. and Telphr-1,894,582 Mineral Reservations ......... 31,099 Ne* proceeds Mines, Estim. 9,000 Total Assessed Valuation ..12,918.033 m , 4 • as! 4,470 4.415 19 IMPROVEMENTS AT BLAN- CHARD’S SHOP Mr. O. Blanchard is adding an other room on the east end of his barber shop. -. The new room is being built end equipped - as. a- , bathroom. complete and thoroughly up-to-date, GENE CATON PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE OF PETIT LARCENY Gene Caton and Alfred Billingsley from the southwestern part of the, county were arraigned before Judge P. E. Huhbard today on a charge of petit larceny. The complaint .was made by Adolph Janz, who charged the defendants with stealing a set of header canvasses belonging to him. Caton pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and given a 60-day jail sentence, which is to bc suspended upon pay ment of the fine and $25.00 to cover damages. Billingsley pleaded not guilty and was discharged upon Ca- ton’s statement that Billingsley had no part in the theft. The property was restored to Mr. Janz. DR. BLAKEJMORE TAKES A VACATION Dr. Blakemore has made arrange ments with Dr. J. A. Polzak to take (over his practice of medicine while .'the doctor takes a much needed va cation. (\4 ^ Dr. Polzak is expected 19 Bak er about the sixth of August and comes highly recommended as an able physician. He speaks the Rus sian and German language, which will be of great benefit to patients, as Dr. Blakemore has a lucrative practice among people speaking for eign languages. Dr. Polzak comes from Minneapolis, Minnesota. No. Range Horses in County .. No. Work Horses in county .. No. Stallions and Jacks in co. Cattle: Purebreds ................................... 126 Yearlings- .......................... . 4,493 2- year olds .......................... o,300 3- year old Steers and Stock bulls .......... . .1. ......................... 858 Beef Steers . .............................. 70 , Stock Cattle ................................. 4,660 pairy Cows ............................. ,.Z,186- Number of Sheep ............... ....10,934 Number of Hogs ....................... 1859 , Noticeable in the live stock list* is ' a gain of 348 dairy cows and 457 , hogs over 1924. This is the strongest argument that can be offered tnac /Fallon County is taking a larger jplace on the map. , , , ) This year Fallon County\lost Assessed Valuation land deed baik1 *0 the State of. Montana $121,460;\7in:• the State Assessment^jjf^railroaas,', telephone and telegraph, line $93,136;. •' total of $21^596;! ; ‘ ' ' } <•: Last Monday saw) the local \ieva- tor^ opened for- business ^ under , it's new ownership, that of William O’Loughlin -of Baker, when Henry Stenerson, also of Baker, arrived \o take charge. ’ Repairs and minor improvements are being made, but these in nowise will interfere with the reception of the first grain that will doubtless be brought in this week. It is also an accepted fact that conditions under which the house is now open arc such as to warrant a liberal patrofiage on toe part or all of us. Those conditions are that the elevator will not only be kept .open the year round, but will also handle all kinds of grain for which fflere Is an established market. That the ne>v owner and manager will bc absolute-. Iy fair in the matter of grades, weights and price, should be a fore gone conclusion in view of the fact that future business depends on such a program. A reasonable patronage accorded the new management as long as treatment justifies, it, can but nave a beneficial effect all around and prove 4 winning factor in securing other enterprises for thc locality. (From the Melstone Messenger) COLD STORAGE PLANT NEAR ING COMPLETION Work on the cold storage plant *3 progressing. The building is com plete anl they are now putting up the feeding and killing plant. Machinery is ordered out of factory. Mrs. Ondrasek and little girl were in Baker the first of the week. The little girl is receiving medical treat ment at the Elizabeth Hospital. Warren Trip of Marmarth was a caller at the Baker Hospital Tuesday much improved. Gertrude Trooset of Marmarth was hospitalized Sunday morning at the Baker Hospital. She is getting along nicely. Anna Westerfield of Mill Iron was taken to the’ Baker Hospital August 3rd for medical treatment? FALLON COUNTY BOY GRADU ATES PROM MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE Victor A. Clocksin, of Ollie, Mon tana, graduates from the Moody Bi- bl£ Intitute of Chicago, August 6th, in a class of 110. These student* re present 24 states, Canada, Scotland, China and Africa. They havfe com pleted a 2-ycar course in Bible and other subjects, including gospel mu sic and practical methods of Chrisuan work, and will enter. many 4mes ot, LIGHTS AT WILDWOOD A Delco Light Plant of 224 volts has been installed- at Wildwood. This is one of the largest plants of its kind in Fallon county. The mana gers, Tony Hythecker, Jr., and Mel vin Ovens, are making Wildwood very attractive. BAKER MARKET f&f •&9S Spring Wheat $1^52. Winder Wheat $1.38. Flax $2.33. . Oats 32c. B a r ity lp 53c, Rye 78c. Spring Chickerisflil7c? service at home and abroad.,'ScVcn- teen have volunteered for ' toringn missions^ i * ‘ J L * Heavy Hens 11c. Light Hens.8c:’ ' - ... Cream (butterfatj 40cjf; AAS& 23c. v M f i ‘Sioux City M a rl^r . PrunedvHi £12 40 ■ O g * | $12.50. Lam b * # ? - , > - f y ^ i f M jrsr.fv -- . . *>*y V ^