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;A 'V . -> • -i'.-. ’ V O L U M E I I : •V:' CH O T E A U , TETO N C Ò tfcO T | ;M O N T A N A , J U L Y SI, 1934 NU M BER 5 Great Falls to Missoula -<.v~v J _ Society of Equity Suèd Jacobson à Candidate ^Boìil Moose Candidates Many Petitions Filed Conrad Shut Out In the light of recent eyents in connection with' the extension program of thè Chicago, Milwau k e e St Paul Rail way company, -. and with the filing yesterday, of papers in the office of the county olerk and recorder ofj Cascade ; county^ the early construction of the Great Falls to Missoula line is forecast, says thè . Great • Falls Tribune of last Tuesday. Acting for.^the/Milwaukee-of-. ficials, /‘Sain Stephenson, local counsel for the company, yester- bayrfiled the articles of incorpor ation o f the Great Falls Western Railway company, under which the Great Falls-Missoula line is to be built. Thè articles designate Great Falls as the principal place of business o f the company, and its - period of existence 40 years. ' The articles state the purposes for which said corporation is formed Vs “ to construct,” , main-: tain and operate a railroad for the carrying of passengers, ¡freight mail and express and a telegraph and telephone line . in connection therewith. The names. of the oounties and-the state -where - the terminals, o f said road, are: ,to be located arid the- ’counties through which said railroad shall pass and tbe general route of- said railroad are as follows: “ Beginning a | | a point of con nection with the' railroad of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway company, upon section 30, township 21, north range 1, east of the principal meridian of Mon tana, in Cascade couniy, thence in a generally southwesterly and westerly direction through the eòuritièfi o f ’Cds'cadei Lewis & Clark, andPowell, to à -point in connection-With'therai I road-cYthe Big B la c k fo ó t r R à il^ a y .^ upon section 50,. 'township 'T5 north rahgfe 13.Tvest o f the'’ said meridian in said Powell county, all in.the state of Montana, the estimated length o f ' which pro posed railroad is 116 miles, and such branches and extensions of said x’ailroad a* may be hereafter authorized.” The surveys for the proposed Great Falls-Missoula line, were made during the fall of 1912 and the spring of 1913, several parties of engineers being engaged upon the work. LinesjNvere surveyed through the Dearborn country crossing the main range of 'the Rockies and.down the Big Black- foot river to a connection with the line which was partly constructed by the Milwaukee up that valley several years ago. After the completion of these surveys the results were placed in the hands of the head officials and nothing further was don e in the matter. Advertised Letters Following is the list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Cho- e«u post office: Mr. Geo. W. Glass Mr. A. C. Gilbertson T. L. Goodin Mr. Alexander Fah F. E. Evans Contracting Co Dr. J. F. Ditto Neil Bannatyne -■ Mr. John Bouemaster- Geo. 'Brown Mr. G. E. Arnold .1 .C Persons calling for -the above please say “ advertised,-” and pay one cent. ■ ; W M K R 0 F F T , P. M, . riarriage Licenses Bince our last report marriage licenses have been issued by Jnines Gibson, clerk of the district court, as follows:. ■ W iliiam , W ? Helms,; ,20, and . Katherine J.,Campl>ell, ..2J>, l>oLh The Minneapolis Journal of July contains the following ac count o f two suits filed'by stock holders of the Society of Equity at Fargo, N.- D., and at Minneap olis, Minn: The Equity society has a large number of members in Teton, county, and this item is reproduced for their information. The *\ Mòntanau knows nothing concerning- ...the merits of the cases-brought against the:èóciety':- \ “ Two suits involvingtlie Equity C .-operative exchange, - one a damage suit for $21,166, the other a mandamus action'to compel offi cers of the company to produce its books for investigation, have been brought. The damage suit, brought by J. Emerson Greenf olii and Samuel Crumpton, copnrtt era as Greenfield and Crumpton, *• mi- mission men at Superior, V is ., Has been tiled in the United States district court in Minneapolis.* Tho other suit brought by Green field and Crampton and Fred Schmidt, as stockholders in thè exchange, has bèenjtìled.in Fargo, where an office of the exchange is maintained.: -“■••“ Charges - o f mismanagement, violation of contract arid’ Itliat the exchange has bjeen^engaging in spending mònoy in politics to the detriment of its financial standing are made in the suit brought by the Superior men. In the North Dakota suit it is asserted that George S. Loftus of Minneapolis, sales manager o f the company operated the Minneapolis office under a contract to receive one- half the gross èarnings o f the company: Tbris declared that the assets of the company have been waited and \ that the exchange cannot attain the result for which it W a s - “ ostensi bl.y /-•organized.'1*- The object, according to the com plaint, was “ to furnish a means for marketing grain for the grain producers of .the . northwest at a reduced cost.” “ The exchange, its president,.!. M. Anderson; sales manager, G. S. Loftus, and Matthew A. Sau- ter, formerly identified with the firm of Freentield & Crumpton of Superior, Wis., are defendants in the damage suit filed in Minneap olis. The plaintiffs assert that they were among the- organizer» of the exchange and hold stock. It is charged that the defend ants conspired to break a contract that the Superior firm had, to act as the exchange representatives in Duluth-Superior. The complaint asserts that the two officers o f the exchange, who were the defend ants, conspired with Sauter, who was office manager for the plain tiffs, to break the contracts and set up another office at the,head of the lakes for the hmfd.lirig ’ o f the business of the exchange. .It is asserted that Sauter took with him bus nèss methods and plans o f op eration and thàè $1,127.43 stand ing in the name of the plaintiffs was transferred^) the credit of the defendants.' It is also asser ted that railroads were notified to deliver grain assigned to the Jm- chitnge to ànothér firm than the plaintiffs. Ì It isalso asserted that the 'de fendants caused'1 grain assign ments to the exchange to be sold for less than the market price, caused grain • to be solicited on the promice that a portion or the commission usually charged would be returned in the shape o f “ pat ronage dividends” and spent mon ey in building up a . . political machine. All of..these things are asserted to hnVe injured the repu tation of the exchange and re duced the value of. the capital V , ; \ ,-stock: - . : - ; J . M.^Alderson, as president, and .Georgc jS. Loftus,... as - secrc-. tarjr, are named as defendants in Word has been received in Oho-; teau that at an. informal meeting of the republican v voters at Out- Bank, it was. the consensus of: opinion that Martin Jacpbson; kòf that city, would be the • .proper man for the republican nomination for county commissioner fro,hi that section. Mr. Jacobson has agreed to permit his name to come before the voters at the primary election to be held . on August 25th, and if nominated will make an active canvas o f the county for the position. His nominating pe-- tition will be filed with the county clerk v ithin hhe next few days.\ Mr. Jacobson is well-known to thè voters of Teton county. He lias been elected as a member of thè. legislature from this eoùhty-pn thè republican ticket, and made a very good record as our representative.. He has been nresident of Cot Bank for a number of years, where he is engaged in the mercantile busi ness. He is particularly well fitted to serve as commissioner, being very familiar with condi tions in all parts o f the county— particularly in the northern por tion— and his long experience as a successful business man, together -with his known honor and integ rity, unices him an ideal candi date for this office. W ith W . D. Jones, of the Spring Hill section, north of Bynum, as his running mate in this campaign, the repub lic .ns of Teton county are ex tremely fortunate aod will have two candidates, who, if elected, will servitile county as-a wliole to the very best of their ability, knowing no onq particular section to the-detriment o f any other sec tion. / r Tb.os.nank' f o r â ê o y o f M. Thos. Manix-, o f Dupnyer,. has filed with the county clerk his declaration that he will be a can didate for the bull moose nomina tion for state senator : of Teton county, in -his petition he says that he will, if nominated .-and elected (election is not at all prob able) “ endeavor tb carry out the will of the people of Teton county and the State of Montana.” Tom is a pretty good fellow, but we d< ubt if his candidacy is taken seriously even by himself. He certainly stands no show o f elec tion, and it is not at all probable that he will poll enough votes in the Dupuyer country, drawing them from the republican -nominee'” to elect the democratic candidate — which is the real reason.for his making the .race. Sunday’s. Shoot At.the'handicap shoot ut,the lo cal traps last Sunday morning-(Or a handsome watch fob, contributed by J. Stevens Arms Co., the fol lowing scores were made. Hayden ................................ 24 22 Webb, Frank ........ ..... *... .. 25 — Cowell ................... .19 — Burbank ..........................25 13 Sears ..................... 23 — the suit filed in Fargo. It is as-' serted in the com pi tint that „.the business of the exchangers'been mismanaged, that tbefe wssan ap parent actual deficit of ’ #8,670 in July, 1913 , but that the real de ficit’ was more, than tlm sum and that there lias been a deficit every year of the -company’s-operation. □ George S. Loftus said'it is true that he received for : 9ome time one-half the 'gross- earnings as charged. This,' he said, was tw< years ago. LastJuJ.vi according ftt Mr. Loftus, the directors de cided that „the . w o rk‘ ¿should be! done on «salary. ' , 'J ’ . Mr. Loftiis 'denied the other eh:irges.mmde i n ^ . .iÇ. T. Dusell, who was men tioned a couple of.months ago as Conrad’s candidate for the’ posi tion of county commissioner made Vacant by the resignation of L . C. .Marsh, has filed his petition with thè countv clerk seeking the. nom ina lion on the bull moose ticket for that position. When he was endeavoring to get the judges of .tjiedislnct court to appoint him its com missioner-he posed as a re publican, knowing that the judges had pledged themselves to appoint •'ft*} ’’ • !•**% ajmember of tho same political parly as tho outgoing official where a commissioner died, re signed or in any other' case quit ;tbe office before his term had expired. He failed to secure the, apDoinlment because the (judges; found a better man who would accept the place, and it is doubt ful if the attempt- to deceive the judges as 1o Dusell’s political affiliation* would have bean dia- òóveuà at this time if he had not filed the petition for nomination on tho bull moose ticket, it seems strange how soon a person eairebange his political preferen ces when he sees an opportunity to get a nomination for-'¡county office. -j ' L T. Corry, also of Conrad,' .who a short timo ago filed,his. pe tition with the county clerk, seek- ' . ; • . . . « i ing the republican nomination for cbm’iiiissioner, six-year-term, has requested the ■ clerk- to withdraw hi9 petition so that he could file ns a candidate’ 'for the--'boll moose nomination. 'He has .been notified thut'his petition is now one of the records of ,tbebounty and its with drawal is an impassibility, This will probabjy be disappointing news to Mr. Corry, wbo is now nficioubted ly7 sntisfietbthatihe-'ooald nevèKget the nomination on the republican ticket, and his desire for office seems to be so great that he is willing to àccèptthe nomination on. any old’ticket, regardless of his political preferences— if he .has any. County \office is what he seems to want regardless of any consideration'. The Montanan would like to see him as the runn ing mate for Mr. Dusell in oppo;, sition to Mesart. Jones and Jacob son. The race would be so one sided that Corry and Dusell would never be able to learn that they had even made a start in it. Civil Cases The following civil cases lmve been filed in the office of the <;lerk of the district court since our bust report: Beret Huflen vs. G. B Grande, suit on wages. Filed July 23. John J. M iller’ vs. Mary T. Lawler, suit on note. Filed July 24. Pure O j J Company, a corpora tion, vs. Oscar Montrose, con fession of judgment. Filed July 27. National Mortgage Bond Com pany, a corporation, vs. George Tal if.son and Minnie Talifson, suit on note; foreclosure. Filed July 28. National Mortgage- Bond Com pany, a corporation, -vs. Marie Lindseth and Oluf O. Lindsetli, suit on n o te;. foreclosure. Filed July 28. Great Fulls Lumber Company, a corporation, vs. Frank A. Pings and Anna M. Pings, his wife, Libby Lumber Company, a cor poration, Mrs. M. A. Lewis, Kel- l.y-How-Thomp90n Company, a corporation, foreclosure of mort gage. Filed July 29. Robert L. Stonehousc vs. Mar guerite A . , Stonehouse, divorce. Filed July 29. The following have filed their nominating petitions in the office of the - county * clerk: 'during the ast week: John J. Greene, Conrad, demo crat for county attorney. He will “ subordinate my private practice to public business; will prosecute criminal offenders im partially where the facts warrant prosecution, and will attend to the civil needs of the people of the county-with dispatch. J will keep the expenses of the ; legal depart ment us low as is consistent’ with efficient service.” - Alma Zimmerman, Fairfield, re- p u b l i c a n , superintendent of schools. “ Use'my best-endeavors to promote thc-npbuilding of the public schools. ” John W. Coburn, . Cut Bank, republican for county attorney. “ Faithfully and economically en force the laws to the best of my ability.” John G Woitzel, Conrad, dem ocrat for county luiditor. “ Fill the office to the best of my ability with my seventebn years experi ence as a hook keeper and audi tor.” The devk is requested to have printed on thè ballot àftér his name: “ 17 .years as a book keeper and auditor in different lines.” '■ , . D. F. Mains, Valier, republican for state ^representative: “ W ill .ever be subservient to the will of my. constituency; work for and guard their interests and endeavor to promote 'the welfare of this great.cóm mòb wea 1th. ” . Colin N. Ward,-Cboteau, repub lican fer county surveyor. “ Faith fully attend to the dpti.es of the office. ” -, .. Stephen-J. -Rigney;„ Cut^ Bank, d^còcra't-'Toi^ county • attorney . “ Endeavor to perforin the duties of the office impartially-and fair ly .” __________ ” : . ’ Valier Failed to Win Two games were played in Cho- teau last Sunday between the teams representing this city and Valier. The latter failed vto get in on the winning end in either game. The afternoon game wus well played throughout, resulting in a score of 3 to 2 in Choteau’s favor. Kenyon and Duckett were the battery for the locals, while Harrison and Barbour offic iated for Valier. Kenyon struck out 9 men; Harrison 7; two-base hits were made by Kapp, Powell (2) and Tingleaf. Valier had ‘9 hits to 7 for Choteau. The \ score by innings: Valier . . 1 1 U 0 0 0 0 0 0-.2 Choteau 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 *— 3 W ith the score stahding.3„>to 0 against them in the last half of the seventh inning in the game played last night between Choteau i and Conrad on the local diamond, Cap tain Craven and his bunch of sala ried baseball tossers from the town at the en 1 o f the “ big dry” water works system, showed how lack ing they were in sportsmanlike and gentlemanly instincts, and how proficient they had become in roughneck tactics, by quitting thè game because they failed to bull doze the umpire into changing a decision he had made which was objectionable to Conrad. And at that the umpire, who was an Au gusta man and entirely unknown in Choteau, was absolutely right in his decision. The base runner was unquestionably safe at first, and Craven’s attempt to “ work” a decision out of the umpire did not have the wish effect. The Montanan does not desire to make tho claim that the umpire was: the best one who ever officiated .at a ball game, because he had made a couple of questionable decisions, one o f which was disastrous to Choteau, cutting us out of at least one score, with possible chances o f others as there were two runners on .bases at the time. But our bp.YS di<( nòtjKquit the gan^e be cause they were not getting the best of the decisions— that was left for Conrad to do, and like the rummies they nr« they did it at the first opportunity that preaen ted itself. Nothing better, how- ever, could be expected of a tei\m. that is representing a town' whose baseball managers issue worthless checks in payment .of the expenses of visiting clubs, as. was done to Choteau onjh'e occasion of ., their TastgiimeatUonrad. ' , r .Choteau .clearly,outplayed their, oppónénts a t\ every stage of the game, making-only one error tó four for Conrad. Kenyon struck out 6 men and Robinson 10. Choteau had 8 hits to their credit,. Conrad only 4. It was unfortu nate that Conrad quit the game as they did, nothing but a “ blow up” by the locals could have made it possible for Conrad to win. The score: House work wanted id private •family by expèrîe'nced woman. J i% ’ -* ,- - t Inquire at MonUmah office. In the evening game which was called in the beginning of the 10th inning with the score a tie, 7 to.7, Harri'son and Barbour ivore'again the battery for Valier, while Kapp and Duckett started the game for Choteau. Kapp was relieved by Lau rhlin in the sixth inning.* Harrison struck out 5 men, Kapp 4 and LiughUn.4. Tw o base hits were made by Duckett, .Buckley, Crouch and Laughlin; three-base hits by Watson arid Deutschman. Q oteau had eleven hits to her credit, while Valier made 12. Valier, 3 errors; Choteau, 7. Up to the nmth ¡.,-une Ihe enme stood 1)a,|,s, T , xaS- Ju, .26. _ Pr0. 7 to i m Choteno S favor, but „ hibition was ^efaa(ed ye, ter. day’s state primary.'according to Conrad A B R H FO A E Bonner, r f .. . .. 3 0 0 0 0 0 Aitken,lf . 3 0 1 1 2 0 Thornton, 88-.. . 2 0 1 1 1 1 Valian,c .. . 3 0 1 12 0 0 Greene;3b . .. 2 0 0 0 t 0 ,Cheeley.2b 2 0 0 1 1 1 Craven, lb ..... 3 .0 I 5 0 1 Van Slyke, cf . 2 0- 0 0 0 0 Robinson, p 2 0 0 0 4 1 — — — — — — Choteau 22 0 4 20 9 4 Duckett,c ♦> . .. O 1 (J (i 3 •J Howard,2b ...... 4 1 2 0 .1 0 Buckley, ss . . 2 1 1 l 1 0 Crouch,! b . ... 3 0 3 11 1 0 K a p p .rf ... ....3 0 1 0 0 0 Laughlin,3b ...... 4 0 1 1 0 0 Connor, c f ... .....2 0 Ü 1 0 0 C a rdell,lf.. .....3 0 D 1 0 0 K e n y o n ,p.. ..... 2 0 1 0- 6 I — — — — - - — The score 26 3 8 by innings: 21 3 1 Conrad ........ .. ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 Choteau ..... ...... 1 ® © o © 2--3 Prohibition -Defeated couple of errors enabled Valier to score enough m their h ilf o f that inning to tie the game. The first man up in V a lier’s half of the tenth inning was hit on the head by a pitchod ball, and then .the game was called because of dark ness. The score:. ■ ’ , ■ Valier . . 1 f 1 0 1 0 o 0 3 —7 Choteau ..0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 —7 ih . M. YVnlley and family have IfTturoed from a two-weeks’ outing nt tiie Sun R iver R o t Springs. returns todny- JamesË. Ferguson, the anti prohibition candidate for the gu bernatorial nomination, increased his leàd~to 2‘0,000 over Thomas II. Ball, prohibition candidate. The returns indicate a vfinal majority for_Ferg:û$bn ;of ¿bout’30,000. Prospects.-'toriight' were that final figures would show-a defeat of . the- prohibition^ amendment provision b y ’aboii^'10,000 votes.. Edwin E. Hobby of the Beau- ifmuUi.iFt.è.l’P.rijs.è,^ u».. load ing „for,, lieutenant governor.