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: VOLUME I .X .'.-i. CHOTEAU, TETON COUj^TY, ^MONTANA, AUGUST 29, 1913 NUMBER 9 IMPOR .T I V I« Don’t Give Up the Ship !” Flag on View Fqr;Perry’s Centennial Register Sutherlin and Receiver Corbally of the U. 5. Land Office at Great Fails Render an Im« portant Decision in Desert“Land Cases. Finding for the defendant in the case of the United States vs. An na Honeywell, Owen Roberts, transferee, Register R. N. Suther lin, and Receiver Thomas Corbally of the Great Falls land office, last Tuesday announced their decision in the case and as it is one of the land contests in which the ele ments are such as to make it in teresting to a large numbe r of people, the finding is printed in full. The decision reads. “ The above described entry was made on July 23, 1898, and final proof submitted July 21, 1902, final certificate issuing August 13, 1902. “ By letter of January 23, 1912, the commission of the general land office directed adverse proceedings against the entry, charging: “ 1—That the irrigable portion of the land entered has not been reclaimed by irrigation and is not provided with the necessary ditch es, laterals and available water. “ 2—That not as much as one- eighth of the land entered has been cultivated and irrigated and reclaimed. “ 3—That claimant has not pro cured a permanent water supply and irrigation system sufficient to irrigate all the irrigable portion of the land entered. . “ 4—That not as much as $3.00 per acre has been expended in the necessary irrigation, reclamation, and cultivation of said land and in permanent improvements thereon. “ Notice of charges was duly is sued, and answer thereto was filed by the defendant. Hearing has been had and the case is now be fore us for decision. “ It appears that final proof was made by the entry woman in good faith, and that the proof was ap proved by the local officers, and that they issued final certificate thereon, a document that is as negotiable as a patent itself, and that after the lapse of years the entrywoman, on the assurance of her final certificate, no adverse proceedings have been instituted by the government or by anyone else, negotiated and sold the said land to Owen Roberts, who is in possession of the premises today. Now, to dispossess the present claimant, it seems to us, would work a hardship upon an innocent purchaser. Further than this, the govern ment is unable to produce any testi mony whatever in regard to the actual conditions that prevailed when the final proof was made upon the entry. “ it is presumed in all fairness toward desert entoymen that land is reclaimed for the purpose» of making it more productive, and that irrigation systems established will be permanently maintained, but we find in the history of events that this is not always done. It is the rule rather than the excep tion that the law does not follow the history of the work of reclama tion beyond the date of final proof, To take the evidence of an agent of the government, taken after a decade or more had passed and af ter several changes in ownership had been made, seems to us to be unfair. The entrywoman should not be held responsible for neglect on the part of a purchaser to keep up the irrigation system, and on the other hand it is scarcely fair to hold the purchaser responsible for any fraud committed ]n the final proof. We are surprised that an irrigation system should be al lowed to go to rack and ruin, and yet where stock growing is the ob ject it is often done. The burden of the proof rests with the govern ment. and we think that only testimony as to the conditions at the time final proof was made is admissible, we therefore feel that weave justified in sustaining the judgment of the register and re ceiver who passed upon the final proof, and we recommend that the contest be dismissed.” Naturalization Papers The following have made appli cation before Clerk of the Court Gibson for citizenship papers: Samuel Ambrossen Sollid, a native ©f Norway, residing at Conrad. Falkner Maudsley, a native of England, residing at Conrad. M iss Angelic Demers, a native of Canada, residing at Sweet Grass, John Aust, a native of Austria, residing at Kevin. Declarations to become citizens of the United States have been filed by the following: John F. Teulon, a native of England, residing at Gilman. Peter Joseph Huebschwerlen, a native of Canada, residing at Du payer. Civil Cases The following civil cases have been tiled in the office of the clerk of the district court since our last report: James T. Stanford, reciever of the Valier-Montana Land &; Water company, a corporation, vs. Amos C. Matticks and Mrs. Amos C. Matticks, his wife, suit on con tract. T. O. Johnson vs. Thomas A. Halverson, appeal. In the estate of Lewis Colton, deceased, letters of administration have been issued to William Col ton. Charges Are Trivial. Washington, Aug. 26.—The finance committee of the senate will meet next week, when action is expected to be taken on the nomination of William C. Whaley, of Townsend, as collector of internal revenue for the district of Montana, succeeding E. H. Callister of Salt Lake. Majority members of the committee assert that the charges filed by Senator Smoot against Whaley are trivial and that the nomination undoubt edly will be acted upon favorably by the committee and senate. As soon as Whaley’s nomination is confirmed the Montana senators will renew the efforts to have the headquarters o f the district re moved to Montana. Citizens’ Meeting. A call has been issued for a meeting of citizens to arrange for a railroad celebration to take place on arrival of track. All citizens are requested and should be present. The following is the call. By request of citizens, a meeting is called for Tuesday night, Sept. 2nd, to be held at the court house at 8 o ’clock, to take up the matter of a railroad celebration, and any other business that may come before the meeting. All citizens are urged to be present. C. J. B. STEPHENS, President Commercial Club. D ON’T give up the ship!” This memorable slogan of the famous battldr of Lake Erie, fought qd Sepb; ’ ^ lS , plays a part In the eeutennlo of Perry’s victory, held this summer in all the great lake cities En blazoned on the field of Commodore Perry's flag these words stnn out as emblematic of the real American spirit, both of Perry’s day ntidl thi* The historic relic was sent by the Naval academy at Annapolis tu the Perr; centennial exposition, which was scheduled to open at the Toledo Museum o Art on June 28 ana last till O ct 1., ^“ D.on’t give ,up the ship!’’ was, Captai Lawrence’s last command bn the ChesapS^el '-' You'll repall that-Perry carrie the flag from his’ demollshed flagship to the Niagara in a hail of shot and und< it turned the tide of battle. A portrait of Perry is shown, with the centenni monument wl}lcb will be unveiled at Put-in-Bay on Sept 10. News of Montana Bozeman, Aug. 93.—A resolu tion was adopted today by the state Methodist Episcopal confer ence for the raising of a $75,000 fund for the improvemnt and sup port of the Montana Wesleyan university at Helena. The admis sion of new members and the sub mission of reports featured the day’s session. Kalispell, Aug. 23.—That the question of future provision for the city’s water plant and system, over which a controversy that gave promise of much bitterness has de veloped between the city authori- ties and the Northern Idaho and Montana Power company, owners of the present plant, has been set tled amicably is assured by the ac ceptance this afternoon, at a spec ial conference between M a y o r Pauline, the councilmen, the wat er comrniosion and representatives of the water power company, of the city’s offer of approximately $142,500 for the purchase of the present plant and system from the company. Telegraphic advices from Wash ington to the headquarters of the reclamation service for the north ern division received in that city today announces that the contract for the construction work on the Dodson north canal, the second unit of the Milk river project was awarded to Hueser & Sim o f Salt Lake City, Utah, the contract price being $66,444.60. The con tractors were the lowest of the three firms who submitted a bid covering all three schedules of the work and will therefore do all the work on the Dodson north canals. The contract calls for 200,000 cubic yards of excavation work, 1200 yards of reinforced concrete work, the use of 100,000 pounds of steel in reinforcement work and 140,000 feet of lumber for the building construction work that will be required. The con tractors have until Oct. 1, 1914, to complete the work. Helena, Aug. 24.—The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies have revoked all passes issued to Montana state officials and their deputies, num bering about 600, and it is expeeted that all the other roads operating through the state will take like action. Missoula. Aug. 27.—A forest fire with a front a mile wide was reported today to be raging up Blodgett canyon in the Bitter Root Mountains. Its cause has not been ascertained, but that it is serious is indicated by the fact the forest service is rushing large crews of men to the scene. Helena, August 27.—Several hundred Masons are expected in Helena the week after next to attend the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons to be h eld September 16, followed the next two days by the meeting of the grand lodge, and Friday, Septem ber 16, by the annual meeting of the Eastern Star. Committees have been appointed by the three Helena lodges, under whose aus pices the grand lodge will meet, to perfect arrangements. Marriage Licenses Since our last report marriage licenses have been issued by James Gibson, clerk of the district court to the following: George Richards, Sr., of Cho- teau, Mont., and Mrs. Ida Brezier, of New' Hampshire. A. R. Sellers, and Miss Anna Clark, both of Browning. Board and room, $1.00 per day or table board $0.1*0 per week. Mrs. J. W. Chappm, Choteau. STARKEY IS SOME SHOOTER Made a Remarkable Record at the State Shoot/Held '*• t , 4 t t in Butte This Week, Winning Many Valuable; Trophies, Including the Klepetko MedaL : r R. J. Starkey returned last night from Butte, where for the past-four days he has been attend ing the annual state shoot, repre senting the Choteau Rod and Gun club. He succeeded in “ putting Choteau on the map” in the sportsmen’s world, and Butte and other points in the state are free to admit that he is “ some shooter,\ and that our club is fortunate in deed to have him as a member. In the four-days’ shoot he lost only 31 birds out of 700 shot at, being only two birds behind Nor ris, of Wyoming, the winner. On the first day he won the Hunter’s Hot Springs cup. breaking 50 targets straight, and in the prac tice shoot lost only four targets out of the 75 shot at, making a total of 121 out o f a possible 125, On Monday he broke 192 out of a possible 20U, Norris beating him by two birds. The following day he broke 196 out of the possible 200, winning the Butte Rod and Gun Club trophy. On this day he also won the Klepetko trophy, breaking 20 straight doubles. This was a re markable p e r f o r in a n c e and stamped Starkey as probably the best shooter in the state, either professional or amateur. On the last day he lost 15 out of 175, winning high average for registered state shooters, arid! second high average for interstate association targets. After each day’s shoot Mr. Starkey sent the following nies-» sages to members of the Choteau club, and these messages tell the whole story: Won Hunters Hot S p r i n g s Trophy, breaking 50 straight. Broke 12 L out of 125 beating all amateurs and professionals. Norris of Basin won high aver age today with 194 out of 200. Made one run 112 winning Dupont Trophy. Weatherhead was third with ISS out of 200. Am high man for the day and tournament. Broke 196 out of 200, including handicap and doubles. I won another bar for my Dupont trophy by breaking 121 straight. I tied for the first trophy, break ing 50 straight. Lost the shoot off. Tied for second trophy and won shoot off. I won the third trophy by breaking 20 straight in my doubles. Am high gun for the second day by one bird. The dust has just settled. I won high average for all target thrown. I missed 31 out of 700, but lost high average on average targets by two birds. FAIRFIELD Freddie Kruck was seriously in jured last Thursday while work ing in the field on his father’s ranch. The young man was disc ing and the tongue dropped scaring the horses. Freddie was thrown off and his leg broken just above the ankle. Mr. Kruck was in Cho teau at the time but Mr. Carolus was working near and noticed the team run. He took the boy to Choteau in his auto. They have been ordered to pro ceed with the irrigation w o rk. The Teton slope part o f the pro ject has been ordered abandoned. It will probably be three or four years before we see the water here, but we are glad it is on its way. There was a little baseball played here last Sunday between Choteau and Fairfield. The score, 14 4 in favor of Choteau, just about tells the title. MontanaStock Shipments Helena, August 28.—Reports of stock inspectors to secretary D. XV. Raymond of the state stock board show that since August 11 there has been a total of 5,973 head of cattle shipped from Mon- taua, and a few close border points in Wyoming and Dakota. Chicago received 5,555 head and Omaha 418 head. Most of the stuff was shipped from the Crow reservation, shipments from other points being small and few in number. Montana stuff has not carried the weight it was expected two mouths ago. The explanation is that there is not enough range for all the cattle. For Sale—About 70 tons of ice. Call at the Montanan for particu lars. ______________ 5-tf FOR SALE—Some second hand furniture, in good condition. In quire of J. N. Ralston. Resolutions Innsmuch as the Great Ruler of the Universe has seen fit in His wisdom to remove from our midst our esteemed brother, Charles G. Monkman. Be it resolved, That Chotean Lodge No. 11 I. (). O. F., has sustained an irre- pairable loss. That the community has l o s t an honorable and upright citizen. That a copy o f these resolutions with the sympathy of this lodge besenttothe bereaved wife and family. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the local newspapers for publication. That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of this lodge and that its charter be draped in mourning for the next thirty davs. S. A. McPHEE, CRAS. H. CONNOR, H. W. KELLY, Committee. Whereas, our Heavenly Father in his infinite wisdom has seen fit to remove from our midst our be loved brother, Charles G. Monk- man, and whereas, in the death of our brother, Queen R e b e k a h Lodge No. 31,1. O. O. F., has re ceived an irreparable loss, be it re solved that we extend to our be reaved sister and family our heart felt sympathy in this their hour of sadness and grief and commend them to Him who alone can heal all our sorrows. Be it further re solved That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family o f the de ceased, a copy spread upon the minutes of our order and a copy furnished each o f our local papers for publication. NELLIE R. BROWN, ANNA W. HALLADAY, ERMA M. PARKER, Committee. FOR SALE—A cement block machine, in good order. For particulars a nd price call at the’ Montanan office.
