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•111 t9.te' , The Oldest Newspaper In Carter County. Esiablished Jan. 1, 1909 • ••••• VOLUME IX. Printed Thursday EKALAKA, CARTER COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917. Just News Around Town Lewis, outdoor photographer. Bert Cobbett has invested in a new Ford. Dan Maloney has returned from a visit to his home at Ree- der, S. D. Mrs. Dahlberg of Chalk Buttes has accepted the position of sten- ographer in the office of Attorney Wheeler. Wm. Walsh went to Camp Crook Sunday morning to re- ceive medical attentibn for a bruised limb. An addition is being built onto the rear of the Ekalaka State Bank building. A heatihg plant will be installed. 011ie Hedges sent us a post card this week with a good pic- ture of himself in uniform. He said to say \hello\ to all the boys Lost—Yearling heifer; red and black white-faced steer. R on left hip. $10 reward. Notify. H. W. Rawson, Elgin. 10123p Next week J. W. Grant is go- ing out to buy war horses. He will he at Plevna Oct. 25 and Baker Oct. 26. No mares or light grays will be bought. Grandpa Bob Yokley was in town last Saturday. He says he is shipping three cars of cattle this week, and his new grandson is in charge of the roundup. W. H. Laprath rettnned from Baker •last Saturday where he deliver a load of wheat. He says he made the round trip in three and a half days. That's going some. Art Bolton has leased the Roy- al cafe from John Cozad and will take possession Nov. 1st. Mr. Cozad expects to remain in Eka- laka but has made no definite plans as yet. Judge O'Hern had expected to hold a short. session of court in Baker tomorrow, but on ac- count of illness has postponed it until Oct. 25th. His many friends in this section hope for his speedy recovery. A. G. Powers, formerly in the real estate business in Ekalaka, came up from Belle Fourche Fri- day. He returned Sunday, talc- brought home 600 pounds and sold the balance. And he caised them off half an acre. If they were all like those he brought home they were beauties. The R. C. Charters Co. have installed a hot air furnace in their place of business, which is an added improvernnt over the stoves used before.' H. G. Lan- tis also installed a furnace in his residence. A post card from M. T. Hough- ton at Spokane, Wash., stated he was on his way to Texas, having enlisted in the aviation corps, where he intends to acquire the art of giving the Huns a little of their own medicine in bomb dropping. A number of the young fellows in this section are contemplating enlisting in the 20th Forest Re- serve regiment. Those others who wish to obtain further par- ticulars on this branch of the service should 1,vrite or phone to Supervisor Whitham at Camp Crook, S. D. Contractor Mumedy com- pleted building a new cement sidewalk in front of June G. 01- sen's new building and the Eka- laka State Bank last week, a de- cided improvement, to be sure. We understand that in the spring the entire Main street will have cement walks. H.'S. McGraw, state examiner, has had published a book on the uniform accounting and keeping of public records prepared by his second assistant, George G. Grank formerly of Ekalaka. The book consists of 100 pages and is practically a text book on public accounting. When Mr. McGraw became bank examiner four years ago he found the books of the county and city officers kept in \57 varieties\ of systems, and is sending out the little book to all clerks in the state as a result of his theory that a uniform sys- tem should be adopted. A prairie fire starting Sunday morning just northwest of the Seaton ranch, on the other side of Beaver creek bridge, brought together a large ntimber of the neighbors and several from town to combat the blaze. The fire swept over considerable territory and was not headed off or under control until it reached the Ba ker mail road. The pasture of Walter Anderson and Mr. Seaton ing with him his daughter Win- I was burned over, besides the nie, , .vho has accepted a position buildings on Eddie Flasted's old as stenographer in Belle Fourche. homestead, which were valued Mr. Powers has opened a Ford I at about $1000. Just how the garage at that place. Clerk of Court O'Grady ‘6nt to Piniele last Friday for the spuds he raised on his homestead the past summer. He says hq had 1800 pounds. Mr. O'Grfidy fire started no one seems to know, but it is thought someone on the cross road leading to the main Plevna road had eithcr dropped a match or cigarette stub. ••• The Doctor's Prescription F4 - Two nights a week, (\Thursday and Sun- day) at the show. If not fully relieved go roller skating for two hours Wednes- day night at The Play House - The man who goes to fight takes a chance. In buying Liberty Bonds you take no chance. Your investment is backed by all the resources of the richest government in the world. DON'T BE A SLACKER • Ben Davis is building a stable for his \lizzie\. Leo Fisk was a visitor in town yesterday from his homestead. No date has yet been set for the last 15 per cent of the draft contingent to leave Carter county It is said several more of Eka- laka's young men will leave dur- ing the next two week's to enlist in the army. given. In the Beaver Valley Press of June 30th the readers of that pa- per were politely informed, re- garding the county printing con- tract, that \The Press bid was 10 per cent less than the other, making a savine to the county of at least $1000.\ It amuses us, but should tickle the tax payers most to death, to note the style, manner and method in which Editor Wm. O'Shiughnessy this self-appointed county econo- of the Alzada Fairplay was a mist attempts to make the saving visitor in town yesterday, com- above referred to. Out of a to- ing up with Mayor Atwater of tal of some one hundred and Sturgis, S. D. seventy-five bills presented to the county commissioners at their V. B. Ackerman of Alzada meeting of Sept. 4th, we notice was here yestelday appearingl but one voucher where the coun- before the county commissioners; ty dads hesitated to award a where he has a petition for the I county warrant, and this hap - establishment of' a saloon at Pin- iele. I pened to be a bill for $588.76 for legal blanks by the Beaver Val - George Cleveland, county as- ley Press. After some figuring sessor, is building himself a newi by the chairman of the board the house to the north of the Lind- bill was finally allowed at $306.48 berg property on Mormon street. , and the taxpayers saved from where he will smoke the pipe of spending $287.78. This excess peace this winter. i 'charge was discovered by the Quite a number of Ekalaka *linty dads, and we do not hesi-, people Lave invested in the sec.! tate to believe that Ad more ex- perienced persons figured over ond issue of the Liberty Bonds, but moni are urged to buy. If you hay: not already purchased one see Mr. Elliott at the bank. Gov. Stewart has designated Wednesday, Oct. 24, as \Liberty Day\ in Montana, when the peo- ple should assemble and stimu- late the Liberty Loan campaign. We would suggest that a public meeting be held in Ekalaka that evening and have able speakers present. Attorney Atwater arrived yes- terday from Sturgis, S. D. and was scheduled to speak at a Red Cross meeting last evening at The Play House. Mr. Atwater is very actively engaged in Red Cross work and is striving to aid all communities in organizing a Red Cross chapter. As we go to press Thursday afternoon, no account of the meeting can be thia bill, no doubt a few more dollars would still remain in the county treasury. The Press prob- ably forgot, when discussing the printing contract in June, to mention that the county commis sioners would assist in making that $1000 saving. Sale Dates Auction sales 110 1 A' being ad vertised are as follows: Arnold & Agler will sell all their personal property on the Geo. Thomas farm, 3 miles north west of Elgin, on Oct. 30. Fred King will sell all his per- sonal property and Ills ranch, 3 1-2 miles east of Ekalaka, of , Oct. 23rd. J. W. Grant auctioneer and L. M. Elliott clerk. 1 When YouWrite Lefters You ought to have the most suitable stationery you can get, whether you're writing for a job, or accepting a pro- posal of marriage, or simply sending A long gossipy letter to a chum. Our Stationery tuppiy is composed of styles, tints and weights to pkase a variety of tastes. it makecwriting a real pleasure. And our prices- 7 Your Money'sWorth. Reliable Drug Store S. A. HOLT, Ph. G., Ptoprietot Has a, Larger circuiation Than Any Other Paper in The County of Carter Friday Corral Creek Items (Too late for last week) Snow Sunday morning. Mrs. Leeman Gordon has been on the sick list. Miles Coonfare was a caller along the creek Monday. Mrs. Brower is visiting Miss Delphia Hall on Box Elder. Mr. Larue and Leo Mitchell re- turned from Baker Sunday. Clarence Penn and family have moved to Baker for the winter. Miss Violet Mitchell has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. John La - rue. Isaac Vinokur drove a bunch of cattle to Camp Crook last week. Percy Eldridge and Leeman (;ordon are home from the har- vest field. . May Flaherty brought down four ducks at a single shot a few days ago. Henry Ewalt and Robert Ridg- way were hunting horses along the creek Tuesday. George . Naugle is hauling lum- ber to build a garage and ice house on his ranch. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Van Hook autoed to Camp Crook Saturday and returned Monday. Bsn Farris was among the Cor- ral creek people who witnessed the riding of Tipperary last Sun- day. . C4harles Sandow and Mr. Hoard have been at the eaw mill the past week getting out logs for lumber to build barns on their homesteads this fall. Mr. Bearrows and son Fines of Cabin creek were over on Corral Monday. Mr. B. was breaking a new Ford to drive and inciden- tally looking for cattle to buy. He was of the opinion that he could go -farther and do it easier with a bronc. The Ford, how- ever, behaved very nicely, stam- peding only once on leaving the Eells ranch, running through a gate, breaking a post and then stopped in the creek. But after being duly cranked and addressed by Fines in language not exactly intended for ears polite, it was persuaded to crawl up the bank, and was last seen galloping mer- rily across the sage brush. Winter is starting in early. How was it back in '19? The film! for the Carter county lboys is coming along splendidly. lAt the close of the baseball s(a- son a little surplus was found, and it has been suggested to di- vide this balance between the Red Cross and the Carter county fund. The History of Our School In a recent competition in the public schools on composition. the first prize was awarded to Geneva Pickard with the follow- ing: In the year 1890 or 91 the first school house was built. It was rnade of logs add was situated about one and a half miles from town. It contained only one small room, but as there were only eight children this was suf- ficient. Two different teachers taught there, and in the year of 1894 the building was moved to town and used for a dwelling house. The town was very small then, only one store > a postoffice, a saloon, a boarding house, blacksmith shop and a few dwell- ing houses. When the school•house was used as a dwelling house it made it npcessary for a new school house. Then there was built a one -room frame building. Since this was the only school for miles around, the school aoon became too large for one teacher. So another was, hired and school WaS held in the back room of the fur- niture store, which was then Mrs. Lambert's boarding house. School was held in her kitchen. The one -room building was used until 1897, when a new room was added and a partition put in. We owe our thanks for this to Mr. and Mrs. Lambert. Because no carpenter could be found to (lo the work, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert agreed to build it. The building then contained three rooms. In 1907 it was decided to build a new school house with four large rooms. A dispute followed and quite a fight was on, but was . at last settled, and in the year 1909 the building was ready for use. The large building is the one we now occupy, and the sma!I one is the. building used for the court house. I have not gone to school here long, but have gone long enough to know that our school is nearly 100 per cent better than when started. Our teachers know how to handle the children so 118 to make them behave. And this makes the pupils better than they have been before. One teacher we had in the past car- ried a rubber hose in the front of her shirt waist to whip the chil- dren with. '1 hank our stats the only thing carried by our teach- ers now is a sunny smile. Our teachers and school board are in- terested in what we do. This may be seen from the equipment of our school ground. We also have a new grade. w'hich helps wonderfully. And next year we hope to have another added. Taken altogether I think this will be the most interesting year of school in Ekalaka. Hot Drinks A FTER a drive in from the country on a cold day you will enjoy a good cup of hot coffee or, cocoa, or perh - ips a mug of bullion, hot lemonade, malted milk, etc. All made fresh. It's stimulating and fine tasting. Let us prove it. Ekalaka Drug Co. \Where You Get the Goods and Service.\ JUNE G. OLSEN, Registered Pharmacist Proprietor ••••••••••••=m•••••.. • •
