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C CHOTEAU, TETON C O U lÖ X MONTANA, <MARCH 5, 1915 In The District; Court y District court convened in Cho\ -,eau last Tuesday morning, with ¡Jon: H; H. Ewing, of Great . Falls, presiding.. ,, - ...... ■' ... In'the case of-the state ofM oh- tans against ' Daniel'S. 'Embody, Ray W. Embody and Laiirantine .Miller, charged with having illeg ally slaughtered some cattle, the case \va9 dismissed on motion of prosecuting attorney.. A number ' of the witnesses for .the prosecu- ;• tion were absent from the state .at the time of trial, and the county attorney, rather than go ahead without his material witnesses, • caused the case to-be dismissed; The case against Jacob A.11- ' bright, charged with burglary, - was tried Wednesday, by a jury and.resulted in a verdict of “ not guilty.” -The jurors on the case were: Win. O ’ Brien, Otto. Wad- ,dell, U. Mr Ludowise, Louis Bor land, Alfred Klein, Joseph - Schwartz, Charles Suiste, Manuel Schlepp, Nicholas Ries, Earl C. Robb, Sidney T. Yarger and Amund Gronnerve. The jury in the case against D. . , B. Wilson, who was accused of an •' assault in the second degree, returned a verdict of “ not guil ty” last evening and the prisoner was discharged from further cus tody. The jurors on the case were Joseph J. Schwartz, W. H. Banister, E. W. Groves, Ross Houck, Selrner A. Johnson, Man uel Schlepp, Everett Handyside, Adelbert Luther, U. M. Ludo wise, Burwell O. Price, Amund Gronnerve and Charles Suiste.. This (Friday) morning on mo tion of the county-; attorney the J case against Edwin; Williams, r ycharged wi thli be I, .was dismissed,', the prosecuting attorney not believing that he had sufficient evidence upon which to secure a conviction. The case of the State ■ o f Mon tana against Wm. Garrety, on a charge of arson, it being alleged that he had set fire to the Peter St. Denis house at Dupuyer, . several weeks age, is on trial this afternoon. Same Language for All A city man recently visited his “ country cousin.” The man from the city, wishing to explain the metropolitan life, said: “ We have certainly been having some fun the last few day«. Thursday we autoed to the Country club, golfed until dark, then strolled back to town and danced until morning.” The country cousin was not to be stumped in the least so he began telling some of the pleasures of the simple life: “ We have had pretty good times here too. One day we buggied out to Uncle Ned’s and went out to the back lot, where we base balled all afternoon; in the evening we sneaked up into the attic and pokered until morning.” A sturdy old farmer who was listening, not to be outdone, took up the conversation at this point, and said: “ I was having some fun about this time my self. I muled to the cornfield and ge- hawed until sundown. Then I suppered until dark and piped until 9 o’clock, after which I bed - steaded until it was time to go muling again.” The American Society of Equity held'an interesting meeting in th e rooms under the First National Bank on Saturday of last week. Mr. Cashman o f Choteau was' the principal speaker and we are\ in formed the farmers present were well pleased. A .large number of Barnes, were added to the member ship listl Another meeting is ad vertised for tomorrow.-—The Va lerian, THE GERMAN CRUISER KARLSRUHE. This warship has been destroying commerce in the West Indies and near the const of South America. Judge Trades With Attor= ney Kalispell, March ! . —In accord ance with the trend of the time and. in keeping, with the many surprising changes in banking in stitutions and business in . general the public was treated with a genuine surprise today of a politi cal nature that came as a shot out of a clear sky even to the court house officials and the county bar. Early this morning a telegram from Governor Stewart announced the appointment of County At torney T. A. Thompson to the position of judge of the eleventh judicial district to fill out • the term of J. E. Erickson, resigned. Following closely upon the above telegraphic advice T. A. Thompson filed -his resignation! with;.the county cammissioners-as attorney and accepted the appoint- .ptfHt-of Judge from' the governor. This was but' barely completed when the board of county com missioners appointed Ex-Judge J. E. Erickson to the position of county attorney,\which tie accept ed. By noon, the trade being legally completed, the two began trans ferring their office belongings. Judge Erickson has been upon the bench for ten years, having come here from Teton county where he had previously enjoyed a lucrative practice and held the office of county attorney, and now that the deal is over, many will recall his expressions of his desire to again enter the practice of his profession and that he was tired of the bench. T. A. Thompson, the newly appointed judge, has been located here about six years and was dep uty county attorney under X . K. Stout and was appointed county * attorney at the time Stout re signed. He finished out his term and then was elected to the county attorneyship at the *ast general election. Mr. Thompson is an attorney of marked ability, a likable fellow personally, and business through and through. This, together with bis popularity among the members of the .bar, bespeaks success for him m bis new career. Naturalization Papers The following haye made appli cation before Clerk of the Court Gibson for final citizenship papers: Jens Bakke, a native of Nor way, lesiding at Cut Bank. Louis Joseph Levaque, a native of Canada, residing at Dutton. (Miss) Effie Bruce, a native of Canada, residing at Choteau. Robertus VanScherpenzeel, a native of the Netherlands, residing at Choteau, Declaration to become citizens o f the United States have been filed by-the following: Telespore Lanonette. a native of Canada, residing at Dutton. Bole News The play, “ Brother Josiah,” which was giren last Friday even ing was attended by a large crowd from the surrounding country and many of the near by towns. Al though we can’t boast of a large city as yet, we can boast of talent in our small community. All those who took part deserve much credit for the excellent manner in which they carried out their parts. Mrs O, P. McElmeel directed the play. A large majority of the crov d stayed to enjoy the dance. The music was furnished by An drew Austud and Mrs. D. W. Bun day. Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. 0 .‘ J. Nordhagen entertained to dim. ner Mr. and. Mrs. Ec( Halberg^ Mr. ar.d Mrs. A. E. Holm and children,- Mrs.-Lestrud— and ...fam ily. -Ed Merlin- returned from By num Friday to live on his home stead again. Mr. and Mrs. T. Y. Hayes were Choteau visitors Monday evening. Mrs. Ed Noble came down from Bynum.Friday to see “ Brother Josiah” -and to visit relatives. Ingwald Lestrud left Tuesday for Malone’s ranch on the Muddy .where he has been employed as blacksmith. Bill Lavin of Conrad whs a visitor hero last Friday. Mrs. Lestrud spent Friday and Saturday in Choteau. Mrs. H. Stoftlet and daughter, Florence, spent the week end on their ranch at Fairfield. Mrs. M. A. Wilcox of Choteau visited at the Bunday home last Friday and Saturday. Wm. Wallace was a business visitor in Great Falls last Thurs day. • P. P. Stolzman visited in By num and Choteau Tuesday. Miss Ruth Hopkinson of Cho teau visited at the Kleiv ranch Friday and Saturday and attended the play and dance given here Eriday night. Bill Webber and Mr. Christian son o f Dutton were visitors at the Baker home a few days last week. Mr. O. M. Nordhagen was a business visitor in Great Fulls this week. He went down as a wit ness on the land case ( f Lindseth vs. Armstrong which was post poned for thirty days. flarriage Licenses Since our last report marriage licenses have been issued by James Gibson, clerk of the district court, as follows: Louis Monroe, 30, and Mary Wolverine. 19, boah of Browning. New Breast, 49, and Catches For Nothing, 32, both of Brown ing. Sigrud Lavold, 32, and Inga Pede-son, 27, William F. Allison, 22, and Jessie Ferris, 19, both of Cut Bank. High School Notes The A del phi Literary Society will render the following prog rani Friday evening: Song, Wait For the Wagon, Society Newspaper, Irene Jones Short Story, complete, Walter Jefferson Farce, An Affection of the Heart, Dora Lindseth, Maggie Johnson, ¡Mildred Forrest, Lawrence Jack- Son. Wallace Frost - Song, Miss Rogers The boys who wish to take part in the hand ball tournament must register with Mr. Dietrich and pay a fee of 25c for rules, balls, etc. Miss Breneman umpired the girls’ indoor baseball game Wed nesday at the gym period. - ’ The' Literary * society program committee met Tuesday to arrange the program for March 19. Mr. Dietrich met with it and gave some very good ideas for a' pro gram Book reviews are due Monday, March 8. For the next quarter in the three upper classes, poetry will be reviewed. The girls’ and boys’ glee clubs are planning on giving an opper- etta together soon. The basket ball team had their official pictures taken last week. Civil Cases The following civil cases have been filed in the office of the clerk of the district court since our last report: Frank Millo, vs. Mary T. Law ler, abstract of judgment. Filed Feb. 27 th. Lucina A. Webb vs. G. M. Coffey, as executor of the last will and testament and estate of Jonathan E. Webb, deceased, suit to allow claim. Filed Feb. 27th. M. P. Oh 1 man vs. C. W . Wynn and M. A. O ’ Neil, doing business us Wynn & O’Neil, and Great Falls and Canada Railway com pany, a corporation, suit on con tract. Filed March 1st. First National Bank of Conrad, a corporation, vs. George C. Reed, suit on note. Filed March 2nd. Boorman.Mercantile Co., a cor poration, vs. B. Kappel, lien. Filed March 3rd.. Northern'Montana Lumber Co., a corporation, vs. Frank Ferfon, lien. Filed March 3rd. Hansine Van Horn vs. Earl Van Horn, divorce Filed March 4th. . New school districts in the southern portion of the county have recently been’formed. Fair- field district No. 21, will haye for its first trustees, J. E. Johnson, Sam Ness and John Zimmerman, while Bole district'No. 17, will be served by Wm. Wallace, Chas. H. Davis and D. W. Bunday. * Jos. Sturgeon Dead .Joseph Sturgeon, .one of the old stockmen and business men of the northern portion of Teton county, died at his home in Valier last Saturday.evening, of heart trouble. He had been sick only a short time. The deceased was a native of New York, having been born at Schenecdedy, that state, Nov. 18, 1859, ctming to Beaverhead, in Montana, in 1877. He was first engaged as a farm hand with John F. Bishop, who is now a banker at Dillon. Later with his brother, John Sturgeon, he went into the Nevada creek valley, near Helms- ville, where he was engaged in the stock business for a number of yoaVs. He was also engaged in prospecting and mining in that section. In 1909 with his brother, John, he moved to Teton county, buy ing a portion of Leech Bros.’ ranch on Sheep creek, where they pngnged in the live stock business quite extensively. In September, 1912, Mr. Stur geon moved with his family to the then new town of Valier, in the northern portion of Teton < ounty, where he has since been engaged in the mercantile business, and it is said that many of the new sett lers on that project owe their start in that section directly to the generous disposition and kindly feelings Mr. Sturgeon had for his fellowman. No one ever called on him in vain for assistance if it was possible for him to relieve the distressed. He was one of a family of fif teen children, of which only two are living—James Sturgeon, of California, Charles a railroad man who is at present out of the state. His’father died when he was only 15 years of age, while his mother pussed into the great beyond at Neihurt in 1893. Funeral services were held at the family residence at Valier, under the auspices of the Valier Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which organization he was a member. Burial was had at the cemetery at Dupuyer, near his old Teton coun ty home. The deceased is survived by his wife. Mrs. Loretta Sturgeon, and a step-daughter, Miss Gertrude Sturgeon. Dry Forks Weather has been quite change able now for a couple of weeks. Travel has been stopped to a cer tain degree. I notice now some are compelled to go to Choteau on account of court. Yesterday four rigs went south ending for Choteau. Snow is getting pretty deep in the draws; quite cumbersome to get around. What does it mean by all these fogs? Are we going to have some more storms right away? The snow is what we need, if we only have feed enough to run us through till nice weather again. A Rancher. On February 19th the sixty- third birthday anniversary of C. H. Connor was fittingly cele brated at the Connor ball in this city. The urnie of 500 was the principle diversion of the even ing, the head prizes being won by Mrs. G. A. Boutilier and Angus Bruce, the consolation prizes going t > Miss Cora Bateman and James Peebles. A d e l i c i o u s luncheon was served at midnight, to which the guests did ample justice. Mr. Connor was the re cipient of many.useful and valu able presents on this occasion, and he has many friends in this neighborhood who sincerely wish that he may live to see many more birthday anniversaries. With thè nethodlstsr \;-v Next Sabbath, March 7th, Rev.: ; ’ ;' , McM.hnn hasior his subject for . v the morning service “ S o u .1 Thirst.” The theme for the night service . is ‘ ‘Satan ’ » Req a est. ” Special music and congregational singing at each service. You are invited to attend these services. Last Sunday there was an at tendance of 45 in Mr. Guthrie’s Bible class and of 77 in other departments of tue Sunday school. The average attendance for the Sunday school during January and February, nine Sundays, was 120. The cry is . “ pass the 200 mark.” Rev. J. A. Martin, the district superintendent, gave an interest ing talk to those who assembled at the church Wednesday night. Quarterly conference followed the church service. Choir practice is held each Thursday evening of the week. Mr. O. R. Nelson is ieader o f the music. Let all the young people of the church who sing unite with the members of the choir. Mrs. Sarah Butchart aud Miss Alice Leech gave two very inter esting talks on “ Ideal Mother hood,” Wednesday afternoon, to the mothers gathered at the home of Mrs. O. R. Nelson for a Woman’s Christian Temprance Union meeting. Epworth League There was a meeting of the cabinet of the Epwortb League Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lamka. Several matters .of importance were con sidered. The boys are busily planning for their social Tuesday evening, March 9. We expect to have a fine time. Next Sunday Mrs. O. R. Nel son will conduct the devotional service at the Epwortb League rooms. Junior League meets at three o’clock Sunday afternoon. Advertised Letters Letters remaining uncalled for at the post office at Choteau, on March 5. W i l l L. Swart Mrs. C. Morland Gurt Fryk George M. Arnesor L. Bush When calling for these please say advertised and’ pay one cent. WILLIAM KROFFT, P. M. Labor Factions Fight Barre, Vt., March 1.—Four thousand members of the Granite Cutters’ union refused to go to the quarries and shops today pending the acceptance o f a new wage and working agreement offered by the manufacturers. Two factions of the union fought in the streets .for posses sion of the ballot box to be used in taking a vote on the question o f accepting the new agreement. Stones and bottles were used \as weapons, and several were in jured. Police finally quelled the disturbance. Union leaders deferred the vet ing until Wednesday. Louis Levaque, one o f the bar bers at the Hotel Rainbow shop, started a three month’s leave of absence. from his position last night and he will go to Brady to resume his residence on his home stead there. Mri Levaque has one of the good. 320-acre claims near the town of Brady and he Diana putting out \quite a grain crop this spring. Mr. Levaque has been living at Brady now far ‘ about1 three hears.—Great Falls Tribune.
