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3t e 1 ar k / 1 The Oldest Newspaper In Carter County. Established Jan. 1, 1909 VOLUME IX. Printed Thursday Just News Around Town Lewis, outdoor photographer. Send us the name and address of that soldier boy. Miss Lura Prest was a Baker visitor Saturday and Sunday. Miss May Taylor was in Baker the first of the week visiting friends. If you have anything to sell, trade or clicker away advertise it in the Eagle. John and Pat Carey were in town Tuesday from their Chalk Butte ranches. Mrs. L. J. O'Grady has gone to Rochford, S. D., for a visit with relatives. C. G. --Rickard went to Baker Monday evening on a business trip, being taken over by Al Ol- sen. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yates, Jr., are the proud parents of a baby girl born Tuesday of this week. Chris Metzenberg was in from Elgin Monday. He says \The Bird\ is the most welcome paper that cornea to his home. J. E. Reynolds returned Sun- day from Oldham, Iowa, where he spent a few weeks visiting with his wife and relatives. Lost—Yearling heifer; red and black white-faced steer R on ' left hip. $10 reward. Notify II. W. Rawson, Elgin. 10123p Edward Masted shipped sev• eral cars of cattle to Chicago last week. Mrs. Flasted and Edward Junior accompanied him to the windy city. Rudolf Nelstead left Tuesday for I3aker where he went to meet his wife, who arrived from Min- neapolis to take up her home here with her husband. Joseph Zweck of Milliron went to Billings last Saturday and joined the aviation section of the aignal corps. Along with sev- eral others he left for Spokane Monday evening. Dan Maloney and Merle See- ley, who have been conducting the barber shop on Upper Main street, left Sunday for North Dakota. Mr. Maloney is con- templating enlisting in the army before long. We understand that Jatnes Brooks and Walter Rolfson, who left here for Billings some time ago, have enlisted in the aviation corps at Fort San Houstan, Tex- as. M. T. Houghton is also at that place. A Sunday School convention EKALAKA, CARTER COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. will be held in the church Eka laka Saturday and Sunday. The full program was published in The Eagle two weeks ago. Ev- eryone is invited to attend. The property owners at the lower end of Main street are con templating building a cross walk within a few days, and not wait for action by the town board. Judge O'Hern expected to hold court in Baker yesterday. but on account of still being indis- posed was compelled to adjourn until Nov. 1st, when he expects to be able to attend to business. V. B. Ackerman of Alzada re- turned to his home Saturday morning, and felt rather pleased over the action of the board of county commissioners when they allowed his petition for a saloon at Piniele last week. Win Rogers spent Monday in Baker. While there he purchas- ed a Delco storage battery elec- tric lighting system that he will install in The Corner within a short time. He also expects to string lights across the lower end of Main street. Sunday afternoon F. R. Kisow returned from Camp Lewis after an honorable discharge from the army on account of failure to pass certain physical examina- tion. Mr. Kisow will again take up the work of abstracting as the secretary -treasurer of the Equity Abstract company, with headquarters at Ekalaka. —Ba- ker Sentinel. A party of Ismay people were in town yesterday morning, loaded down with money, headed for Camp Crook where they in- tended to demonstrate to the Crook people the fact that Tip- perary could be rode. That horse has got some \rep\ as a broncho but the Ismayites felt that they had a man that could top him off and stick until the horse gave in. (ieorge Elder was a pleasant visitor at our office this week. Mrs. Elder is still in Kansas on her visit, which Mr. Elder says was far from pleasant. Mrs. Elder was called to Kansas by the death of a sister in an auto accident, and while there has been called upon to witness the passing away of her mother and father also, who succumbed to old age. Eugene L. Nims, son of W. P. Nims, left last week for Billings where he enlisted in the 20th Engineers' corps, an organiza- zation the same as the 10th En- gineers in which Messrs. Pete Clark, Billie Yates and John Malmquist, Ekalaka boya, en- listed some time ago and are now in Europe. Gene expects to se- cure a position as truck driver or repair man. 601440 6 11e\ ....•=••••••• The Doctor's Prescription Two nights a week, (Thursday and Sun- day) at the show. If not fully relieved go roller skating for two hours Satur- day night at The Play House Has a Larger Circulation Than Any Other Paper in The County of Carter Issued ItridnY NUMBER 43 s Get Your Bond Today During the intermission of the picture show at the Play House Wednesday evening, the audi- ence listened to short talks by local men on the Liberty Loan issue. S. J. Emswiler acting at chairman of the meeting, intro- duced first W. H. Peck, who gave a four -minute talk on the needs of the various sections of the war department, reciting some of his personal experiences while at- tending the officers' training camp, and showing the immedi- ate need of funds with which to Purchase the supplies needed for the boys in training. Following Mr. Peck, the chairman intro- duced Albert E. Sheets, who spoke on the bond issue and im- pressed the audience of their pa- triotic duty in supporting the government at this time with their money. Mr. Sheets called attention to the good feelings that would be manifested with our enemies should the present bond issue fail, and drove home to everyone the part they must play to see that this feeling is not realized. The subscription to the two billion dollar bond is- sue will cease at 6 o'clock to• morrow night, and let us see that Carter county does not fail to raise its apportionment of $50.- 000. There must be a whirlwind campaign to raise all this amount by tomorrow night. and we be- lieve it will be done. If you have A J Bolton L J Severding Mrs Clara C Bolton W H Rogers Ole Flasted George Leeman J F Malmquist C L Proctor Pearl Trandum C K Putnam Wm Freese T M Comstock J W Ewalt Frank Castleberry M. B. Speelmon Martha Ramme Joseph W Weis Harry H Hedges W E Sweeney Mat Carey Geo W Schooley Wm W Walker E A Castleberry C K Putnam Mary M Owens John Alstrom T M Colliepriest Wm Johnston Thomas Johnston, Jr Septeon Cady J L Elmore 3 E Davis H G Albert Carlos Hall Geo Boggs Maxwell Hedges C H Atkinson Mrs C H Atkinson Ole Markuson Thomas A Anderson Hans Boyd Chas Pickard C G Rickard June G Olsen Oscar Gilbertson not alroady placed your appliee- 1 -Francis Malmquist tion for at least one $50 bond, do G D Newman so right now. G W Stitzer S J Emswiler True blue American citizens is E H Johnson what they are. Those below Ben H Williams have subscribed to liberty bonds H P Massengale in this section. Is your name Fred Speiser there? If not, why not? Better H G Lantis subscribe to at least one bond Ekalaka Fire Department right now. Mrs Wm E Speelmon S A Holt The above is a complete list of Carl E Ostlund those who have subscribed up W H Strain until 4 o'clock yesterday after - L Peabody noon. George Clark State of Montana Chas C Speiser R Lane Pearl Emswiler Francis L Ryan Francis C Ryan Beaver Lodge No. Al Olsen C Phalen Elbert Jacobson Marriages A double wedding was per- formed by Rev. J. E. Reynolds Tuesday noon at the home of 65 Mrs. Ed Primmer, when Homer R. Clark of Ekalaka was united in marriage to Pauline Kortum, and Louis J. Moell of the Chalk 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 supply is composed of styles, tints and weights to please a variety of tastes. It malces writing a real pleasure. And our prices—Your Money's Worth Reliable Drug Store S. A. HOLT, Ph. G., Proprietor Buttes section was married to Miss Adele Katherine Kortum of Ekalaka. The party. in compa- ny with the mother of the two brides, a brother, Peter Kortum, and sister, Miss Marguerita Kor- tutn, arrived in town Monday evening and secured the neces- sary papers from the Clerk of Court's office. After the cere- mony the newlyweds left town and advised their friends, \We don't know where we're going but we're on our way.\ All of the young married peo- ple are well known in this sec- tion, Mr. Clark having a home- stead near the Chalk 13uttes, as has also Mr. Moell. The brides are the daughters of Claus Kor- tum of Decatur, Ill., and have a host of friends who wish them success and a life of happiness in the future. Can Enlist Here Postmaster Johnnie Booth has received an urgent request from the war department, askine. his co-operation in securing stenog- raphers and typewriter persons, either men or women. Exami- nations for these positions, of which nearly 1000 must be filled, will be held every Tuesday from now on, the nearest point to Eka- laka being Miles City. The navy department has also requested Mr. Booth to secure enlistments for the navy, men for apprentice seamen. machinists mates, cooks, bakers, firemen, mess attend- ants and landsmen for the quar- termaster department and ma- chinist mate for the aviation service. As soon as ten appli- cants are secured a recruiting of- ficer will call at Ekalaka. If you are contemplating enlisting better consult with Mr. Booth at your earliest opportunity. - - - - Just News Buy that Liberty 13ond today, for tomorrow after 6 p. m. it will be too late. The Baker Sentinel says Fred Martens and family of Ekalaka were in the city Monday on their way home from an auto trip through the Black Hills. The party had been out for several weeks and report a wonderful trip. Jack McPherson returned from Camp Lewis, Wash., this week where he was rejected after a physical examination to deter- mination his fitness to become one of the soldiers in Uncle Sam's national army. Jack left here with the last contingent of the Carter county boys, and says that when he left all of them seemed to take to the camp life like clucks to water. Red Cross Chapter Here Mayor Harry H. Atwater of Sturgis, S. D., who has practi- cally given up his active practice of law in his home town to de- vote his time and energy to the work of the American Red Cross Society, was the organizer and principal speaker at a Red Cross meeting held in Ekalaka at the Play House last Thursday even- ing. After speaking at length upon the noble work of this society, temporary officers . for a chapter at Ekalaka were selected, John Oliver being chosen chairman, Miss Velva Whitney secretary and Thos. Connolly treasurer. A call was then made for mem- bership, which resulted in some $8() being realized in fees. Since the meeting of last Thursday evening a board of di- rectors consisting of Mrs, Geo. Boggs, Miss Lura Prest, Mrs. O. A. Dahl, Mrs. V. E. Davis, Mr. S. J. Emswiler, Mr. W. H. Peck and Mr. H. G. Lantis have been recommended to the national headquarters, Mrs. Geo. Boggs to act as chairman. This com- mittee will have charge of the general work of the local chap- . ter, and will appoint sub -com- mittees to oversee the work of arranging entertainments, etc., for the raising of funds with which to purchase supplies. The ladies of the Red Cross chapter will endeavor to meet once , or twice a - week. and do work such as knitting, sewing and hemming for the soldier boys, while the men will do their bit towards the good work. Each and every member who so far has associated themselves with the local chapter. should commence today to swell the membership roll, as there are many who were not present at the meeting last week who will certainly be glad to aid and join the Ekalaka Red Gross chapter. The Ladies' Improvement club of Ekalaka have made a dona- tion to the local Red Cross or- ganization of $40, to be used for suppiies or other needed pur- poses. Anyone having a sewing ma- chine that is not in use, the local Red Cross would be pleased to secure the use of it during the coming months. Notify Mrs. V. E. Davis or any of the executive committce. Have you joined the Red Cross? Hallowe'en AND Party Savors SEE OUR WINDOW Ekalaka Drug Co. \Where You Get the Goods and Service.\ JUNE G. OLSEN, Registered Pharmacist Proprietor •
