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Chapin has accomplish ed in the past few years can still 'be accomplished by others in the future. There is plenty of land in this county and 'The Fallonite invites thosO- destin ing homes and fortunes to look it over. \W e unloaded óujr., first ^c?r near Kingmont, .March 22,- 1908 and Im mediately started to build our* first home. W e were the first homestead ers to settle near Baker, then called Loraine. Those who were in Baker then were all ranchers. \T h e . first year we did not get much land bjoke, but put in thirteen acres of óats and garden truck and they were late and on sod and did not amount to much. T h e next year we broke thirty- acres more and put them ip „pats., spelter and. corn,¿-thè¿.oats .and n r t A l f A * T\ 11 n r \ A i o ' O A X A ' County -Attorney Dousman Gives Opinion and/Quotes * Law on Appointments ^or Unexpired Terms. More or less discussion has been going on ot late with regard to> the spelter masing-miTty bushels' on sod ^ x • and the 'corn'we used for fodder. \T h e next year we broke fifty acres number of names which will he on the ballot this fall for the office of County Commissioner of Fallon Co. Commissioner FitzSimmons’ term ex- • • pires and that wilhnecessitate the elec- •tion of a successor for a six year term and ordinarily that would be all of the changes to be made at the coming election but the resignation of Com missioner Woods and the appointment of Commissioner Farwell to fill the vacancy thus create^ caused doubt in the minds of many people, some con tending that .Mr. Farwell was appoint ed to fill the unexpired term which runs for two years after the next elec- be appointed to serve only until the next election. . T o clear the minds of the elector- Sah F rancisco Mani to Marry Baker Girl and S tart PlumB- ing Business About Sanie n r * « 4 I ime. more a d put that m flax, but is was jate on this q'uestiqn The Fallonite ask- planted late and only made about four ed County Attorney Dousfnan for an bushels. 'O u r forty - acres of wheat opinion which was sendered as follows: th.it year made about fifteen bushels t > the acre. T h e next year we broke t’urty-four acres more and put it in flax; 20 in oats and 70 in wheat: but wer.e hailed out and only received the insurance. \T h e next year we put in some, of the old land and summer-fallowed about forty acres. W e had thirty acres in corn, this year, forty in wheat which made about twenty bushels, and twenty acres in oats which made about fifty bushels to the acre. \T h e following year we put in about 90 atfes of wheat which made about twenty bushels to the acre and . * . »' t le oats run a'bout thirty bushels that year. This year, also, we had twenty a :res of good corn and the thirty acres of flax run about four bushels per ere. \T h e next year was dry all summer, •We had 120 acres of wheat that made •>boi t eight and one-half bushels, oats ,n around thirty-one bushels to the O a 're, ten acres of flax made about five oushels per acre. Our twenty acres .f corn wras good, but we did not neasure it as we fed it to the horses ¡1 winter and spring. W e also fat- ened thirteen hogs with an average •eight of .two hundred thirty-seven ■ounds. \T h e 1915 crop made twenty-eight .id one-half bushels per acre on sev- (Continued on Page 3) \Under the old law,” saicl Mr. Dousman, \a successor to .fcny office would be appointed to serve only unr til the next general election with the singleiexception of the county com missioner, who was appointed to serve the entire unexpired term.v^ T h a t law has been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the state* \Commenting upon the right,of the legislature to make any such exception the Montana Supreme court, decided as follows: ‘\In the absence of express excep tion and of any reason which can be suggested for an exception in f^vor of one appointed to-fill a vacancy in .the office of county commissioner, \Ve think it quite apparent that the fram ers of'the constitution intended to re serve to the people the right, which they heretofore possessed, of electing the person who should fill that office, which of all offices most directly cpn- cerns the average voter, particularly the tax-paying voter; for the board of county commissioners is the business agent of the people in .he manage ment of county affairs. ’\Apparently the people of the state were unwilling to permit an appointee to hold beyond the next general elec tion, that is, beyond the time where opportunity would be first presented to fill the vacancy by an election. But (Continued on Page 3) O f all the\people who ever entered business in Baker Chas. ; F.. Palmer- takes the cake— the wedding cake at that.' . This gentleman will not only open, a plumbing and electrical work estab*' tfiaw t^ut hydrants of his own home among the first jots attended to, and go after it right. ‘ Miss Wilmina Finlayson, daughter of Robert Finlayson, proprietor of the Baker House, is the bride-elect, and while she has lived here but a -short time, js already popular among her acquaintences apd will .no doubt be the business manager of the riew en terprise, ex-officio at any rate. . Mr. Palmer comes from San\ Fran cisco, ^nd will put in a store here.just1 as soon as freight can get through. He will carry a full stock of plumbing goods and will have everything from kitchen sinks to bathtubs. Albers Talks' for Miles City Stkr—W a rren Says Rigs A re on, the ,W ay for His Company.. ” ■ ---- '<■!<,'A- } ‘. I i • ' v ; ? 1 , 1 ’ i ' y . 1; * . ; New Building Waw Coristruct- èd W ithin, thé ' C o n tacted v :ì | Price—O fficers i \ . « U {*•* * uties All Hajppy. yvetj, ?k & A ,. NEW BUILDING SPJUÌlOIISi „ V ; ' V u V - i ? ‘'Z ','v: ■j ..?&s • , •»; '.v-'fövi r ’¿.'VIS' i ö ^kalaka Man Accused of Horse.*'Stealing, Fugutive for Two Y e a rs, Surrenders eriff Jones. 7 Joe DeMarsh, alias Felix LaCross, formerly living m the neighborhood of E^alaka, walked into the office of Sheriff Jones Monday and declared himself tired of the chase and desirous' pjà-wial. ^l&ebtEplai-nt'Wasafiled .•«gamst-Än«: wanrant w'as issued for the T h e oil situation in Baker is un changed w^th the exception of added enthusiasm a§ the work of the Mon tana Petroleum company advances. The extremely cold weather of the pasty few days made any great pr<>- gress impossible, but the men '•are on the job aiid working between blizzards. T h e private electric light plant of the company arrived this week and will be installed at once so that night work can. be carried on to a greater advantage as soon as the weather breaks. ' Manager Albers of the Montana Petroleiutn Company was quoted ex tensively, in the Miles City Stgr of last Sunday. Among other things Mr. » ,If’s*a mighty proud aggregation of ? offi.ee holders Fallon county is sport ing these days! •It's a mighty \stuck up” bunch to say tl\e least, and well they might be *•*>1 ■ for the new court house is compléted • and they each have an office of ).their,, very own. ^ ’■ Contractor Monso,n turned over thé ‘/r*- keys to Commissioner Pepper last week and it.did nqt take the^officers. very/long <to begin; ./moving ‘ Yb their / ( • * • \ , T C I» V v new .home;;* i.' • Mat .Jonp, Sheriff'of-Fallon county, is the 'first officer-'ypùisee^as'ÿôiT pass' the big. entrant-and-if ÿpu are ' lucky in passsingThe/big sheriff you corné to the commissjohers-V room-' and 1 ’ on tq Cquntÿ Glerk’ Bunn’s office in'the corner. In? ¡.the ' opposite corner is located Tréraurer. I^ntz and thé ; big 1 '-A ■•■ilÜi .. -'V-'X'tór'. - . - a 7 &,> •• .CÎIÇÿ' * w t i à i vault is also-,here/ cbniitectad withThis^ office. : Assessor • HugKbsT-hasV'ptheC corner room m front opposite ’ that/' of,\’ m .. » . r > s . * * / . v . US. .*.•••‘r-.'Sfe S I i 'J-Æ x -à DeMarsh in 1912 charging him with stealing a colt belonging to Colin Munro and it was thought he knew something about the missing colt \of Bise Lambert. DeMarsh made his get-away and states that he has been living in Wyoming since that time. He claiTns that the colts belonged to him, both being thé off-spring of his mare. The prisoner waived his preliminary trial and was bound over by Judge Burns in the sum of $1,000. Un able to furnish this amount of money he was teken to Miles City to await trial. •* \ I t I s P a t r i o t i c D u t y _______ •. » t o R e g i s t e r a n d V o t e It is the patriotic duty of every man and woman to register. It is the inalienable right of eiery citizen to say just who shall govern them in all offices— city, county, state and national. County Clerk Bunn is authority for the statement that but few people have registered so far, and the short age is particularly noticeable among the women voters. The ladies of Montana wanted woman suffrage and the gentlemen gave them their wish— It is impossible to vote unless you the power of the ballot. It is argued have registered and the time set by law is becoming shorter \and shorter. The registration books close for city election early in March and as that if they indicate that they no long er want it by their failure to avail themselves of -he opportunity of vot ing, possible only by registering, the the registration books for-the preference law may be changed depriving them primary for state and even presidential jof the privilege for the good and suf- offices close February 21st it may as1 ficienttfeason of curtailing expenses, well be said that they both close at j It is the patriotic duty of every man the that time. * I and wom^n to register. T h e company has invested about $13,000 in this layout,” said Mr. Albers, \and with it it is possible to drill to any desired depth within reas on. T h e tower is 82 feet high and all necessary sheds and machinery are on the grdund and erected ready to commence work. \T h e company has about 30,000 acres of land under lease and should it strike oil, which it is almost a phy sical certainty it will, the people who have thrown in with their lpt with us and haV’e invested money with us will be rewarded by the multiplication of their investment so manifold that really no one, who has any funds -which they can afford to take a chance with can afford to miss this opportunity. T h e conipany consists of people you all know. The president is Arthur Hotchkiss of Moorhead, whom every old timer in the country knows; but so also are C. B. Towers, the vice president; L. W. Stacey, the secretary, and Judge Loud and F. Kelsey, who with the. officers, constitute the di rectorate. \ I t is a dead immortal cinch, as they say, that with such a board, of officers and directors the affairs of ’‘ the company will be honestly administer ed and if there is oil in the vicinity of Baker, every one who puts in a nickle toward finding it will .get. all the pro portion of the consequent big returns to which he is entitled.” J. W . Warren, Vice Tresideht of T h e Treasjtre State Oil & Gas Cc. was in the city this week and reports the affairs of the company coming along in fine shape. The Treasure Sqrveyof\ while the comer room is occupied. by Superintendent Annetta 'Leonard and her deputy. Miss Stella Olsen. I t ’ is ‘ feared these ladies will become lost after moving out of the \pantry” of. the old school building and they are as elates rover their new quarters as they can be. Ralph Keener is located in the • corner room to the left and back and Auditor Grant is with him, the ar- i , rangement being about the same as at their old office in the First National Bank.- T h e courtroom adjoins this office and jury rooms and the Judge’s room is in the front to the right of the stairs. • 4 , *? The building is splendid, • clean, spacious, well lighted and the pure white walls inspire the clerks to cheerfulness in their work, irtie build ing came within the amount allowed for the structure and everybody is glad that Fallon county has come into her oWn. !ïïv.V ■£3g - •urn ?. m Citi ‘.'ite. m ‘ C **L .\‘py* m '•■ft;: •* r;P. t H t vfr 'M ' •V“ L — *, 7 . - vré «ss ’ ^1' »C • h ; . m V I1} »V ^1 . ’-3 : ‘ v'-Ma State Oil and Gas Co., have leases on over nine thousand acres of deeded^- land in tfie Baker field Ind will begin' -’ operations within the next sill weeks - and develop their property to the, full:; extent. Mr. Warcen stated that they '* have succeeded in selling large of stock ,to some of* the most. promi-. lac tney ypp-Afy : blocks-,' . - * ; «.vs ---------- -------------------- r cromi- nent men of thè,state -which is a very..' /' nood indication'that ' Baker -and the good indication'that ' Baker valid the t'* t . . * . ^ Baker oil fields ‘have been heard of ¿11 • .* t over Montana. _ « , Mr. Warren says, there.plenty.,ojf oil in the Baker field-and the',.Treasure ' State Oil. & Gas crami^py^.ârèMgping.i. after it. ' ‘1?‘> ' The Busiest. Farmi and khe Are Qn Fallon County Soih~Automo]t>iles, Stea^m Tractors and Thoroughbred Horses Utilized 'A
