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YIP ••• ••• y • 't , • - . • C ToN , ; • \. 1 * 'it 14 i . • , • • • VOLUME XI. EKALAKA, CARTER COUNTY, MONTANA, VRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919. HEDRICK GOT 25 TO 50 YEARS \Confinement in the state prifson Of Montana for a period of not less than 26 years or more than •60 years.\ This was the sentence passed Thurs- day night upon, William A. Hedrick by Judge C. C. Comer, of Plentywood. Judge Comer, who presided at the • trial of Hedrick, arrived in Ekalaka yesterday afternoon and held a brief session of court last night at the of- fice of Clerk O'Grady. Only a few were present as it was not generally knOwn that Hedrick was to be serktenced at this time. The prisoner was brought in bir Under- sherig Dague about 8 o'clock. He didn't show - any nervousness during the 16 minutes or more that elapsed while he was waiting, an dwhen the sentence was announced showed no change of demeanor. When asked by the judge if he had any reason why sentence should not be passed on him, he arose and said he did not think he • had a square trial and added, \If you sentence me now I would ask you to makeit light and grant me a new trial.\ not ha hen asked in what way he did air trial he said, \The way the jury bro ght in the sentence. I know positively that man shot me first.\ Judge Comer said. he had to • pass sentence in accordance vrith the verdict of the jury. Defendant's counsel, W. A. Goble, vras graned a stay of proceedings for 80 days to enable him to complete motion for a new trial and bill of ex- ceptions. Attorney Goble also asked the court to give an order for the county to pay incidental expenses in- .. curred by the defense Ur getting ready 4 for trial, amounting to something like POO. Attorney Neistead said if there was so warrant of Jew for saddling this expense on the eount7 he would oppose it in behalf of . the taxpayers of Carter county,1Asai had already been to an expense of more than $5,000 i nthis trial. The judge took the matter under advisement. • In regard to the trial Judge Comer said the oas was tried fairly and honestly. He said he had looked ov- er the case carefully since the trial and couldn't see any error so far as the law was concerned nor in any pther way. Goble asked that Hedrick be admit- ted to bail in the sum of ;5,000. Nel- stead said he was opposed to letting him out on bail but if he was, the bond should not be less than $50,000. Goble declared this exorbitant and .prohibitive. Judge Comer said he thought it was very seldom that a man con- victed of second degree murder was let out on bond and that he agreed ▪ with the county attorney at least to the extent that the bond should not be less than $40,000, the same to be approved by the judge. The prison- er was remanded to the custody of the sheriff awaiting further orders of the court. On October 12, Hedrick was found guilty of murder in the second de- gree, after a hotly contested and sensational trial lasting five days. He was convicted of the murder of Bruce Cochran near Climax on April 30, 1919. He has been confined in the county , lail in Ekalaka ever since. N. D: BONDS TURNED DOWN BY BANKERS Sale of $3,000,000 worth of North Dakota state bonds, $2,000,000 of which were to be used as capital for the Bank of North Dakota has fallen through, according to word received by the industrial commission, the bonding houses of New York and Chi- cago having refused to underwrite the issue. The refusal of the bonding„houses to underwrite the issue followed the declination of attorneys for the bond- ing companies to approve the bonds pending the outcome of a suit brought by 42 taxpayers of the state. The federal -district court has held the bond issue unconstitutional. Officials contend that tha sale of the bonds will be held up otiiy 'tem- porarily, F. W. Cathro, director gen- eral of the state bank, declared that the deal in selling the bonds will hlve no effect on the business of tile bank, pointing out that the instituthen has resources of more than $13,000,000 with which to continue its business. A special meeting of the Fire Department will be held Monday ev- ening. Business of importenee. GOV. STEWART OPERATED ON Governor S. V. Stewart, who sub- mit*d Thursday to a eurgical oper- ation for appeOdicitis, is reported as having rallied Aarly, afterward. The surgeon itays the appendix was found highly hWamed, indicating the ailment has Wen of long standing. No complicatioUs rere found and a rapid recovery is anticipated although it is believed the governor will be compelled to remain in the Butte hospital several weeks, Friends of the governor, however, are taking issue with the' surgeons in that re- gard, because of his fine physical and ugged constitution. CUSTER-FALLON CASE IN COURT A dispute between the counties of of Custer and Pillion r,eached the au- Ipreme couri doeket late Wednesday. It arises out of a disagreenient of commissioners named to appraise the amount due Custer county from Fal- lon when the latter county was form- ed from the former. Date of trial has not been set. LAKESIDE Mrs. Hans Steuseth and Mrs. Maren Lindberg' visited at the J. C. Trier home Saturday afternoon. Miss Grace Keese spent the weelc end with Miss Loa Pangburn. Mrs. Fred Loehding is taking care of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Myers, of Ekalaka, who is quite ill. There was no sch000l Monday on account of the blizzard. Several head of stock, including horses, calves and hogs, perished in this neighborhood during the snow storms. J. C. Trier is 'hauling straw from the Ben Laughlin place, that he pur- chased last spring. F. C. Caley left for Creighton, Nebr. where he will ispend the winter with his parents. , MOit /6•X 1413 a iIMBER FOR WOOD PULP Unlimited quantities of timber suit- able for wood . pulp used in the manu- facture of . paper, are available in Montana and would furnish material ior a huge industry, according to J. C. Van Hook, state forester,who has itudied the situation thoroughly with t view of presenting the feasibility at such mills and factorfes when the apening was offered. The big drawback is transports - en, and this factor has been large- ly responsible for the failure to de- velop the paper industry in this ;tate. It is impracticable at pres- mt with the existing transportation Atcilities to erectmillsnearthesource bf supply and high freight rates ad - led to the inaccessibility of the tim- ber tend to keep manufacturers from licking such enterprises in Montana. HOME SERVICE TO REACH SICK AND DISCHARGED MEN Earl Saxe of Minneapolis has been added to the staff of the Department if Civilian Relief of the American lied Cross to t,ake up Home Service sork with the Public Health . gervice 'iospitals in the Northern Division, which comprises the states of Mon - 'Ana, Minnesota and the Dakotas, where discharged soldiers who are iteneficiaries of the Bureau of War itisk Insurance are being treated. More than a dozen hospitals in the Division have been designated for the treatment of these men, three hun- dred of whom are nevr patients. The Red Cross, through its department af Civilian Relief, is organizing to protect their interests and provide ,'or their comfort. • NUMBER 45 Thls poster, used.ln the Third Rod Cross Roll Call throughout the United States, was painted by Haskell Coffin, and is Intended to typify the Red Cross worker asking assistance that the Red Cross may carry on Its peace time work. Geo. Hobbs was terday on busines tHE LOCAL NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK. up from Elgin yea- s . Iscar Knipfer ynterday was in town from • C. 141. Peabody came up from the ranch yesterday for supplies. H. G. Hardy is again able te be out of doors, and is slowly improv- ing. Euitor Dahl went to Miles City to- day en business. Ed. Pendleton was over from the - 7 1eng Pines this week on business. \ Mrs. Joe Wash, Sr., came up from the ranch on Tie Creek yesterday. Mrs. T. M C,omstock entertained the Embroidery Club Thursday. Attorney W. WI Goble of Baker wit here on court business this week. The Improvement Club meets Fri- day at the home of Mrs. V. E. Davis. Wanted, freighters, a thousand or more. Apply to anyone in Ekalakii. Jess Grant yesterday started R car 45-2c. of horses for Belle Fourche for ship- !ment. The Miles City American calls Carl I . , IFtiddick a \second Sockless Jerry.\ Tommy Ileggen is back from Chi - (ago, where he had been with a ship- ment of attle. i Horrors. Coyotes are said to be getting very bold already this winter, and traveling in bands. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reese have ed in the c the Tom Martin house h. John Hehn and Bert Albert Monday for Texas, where they spend the winter. Mrs. Frank Dahlberg has returned from a visit of several weeks with friends at Redfield, S. D. It is reported the btock in the south end of the county Is suffering severe- ly from the recent snow storm. itLartin Setinc was up from Mill - iron this week on business and drop- ped in to shake hands with us. There will be a dance at the Play House on Saturday evening, Nov. 15th. Good music and good floor. Jay Richards, Curtis Burge,r and Ray Hall left this week for Spokane, where they have gone with a view of getting employment. John Carmack was up from Sykes Rsterday for supplfes. He reports mOV near IIISTORICAL WORK Adjutant General Phil Greenan has started on work which when complet- ed will be of untold value and will give the ratings, promotions and or- ganizations of which every Montana man was a member as well as the battles in which he fought for the United States since Mont,ana became a state.. The work was started following re- ceipt df the advices that army de- partment under instructions from congress is preparing a copy of ser- vice records to be setn to each state for record. In iddition, the records of men who went to Mexico will be listed in tthe compilation, which will include several lumes. Wanted to Lease -600 head of ewes For further in- Ekalaka State 44-tp or less for a year. formation inquire Bank. stock faring badly. left will Win gers is still confined to his house h trip to Rochester not giv- ing him any relief. The dance at the Play House last Saturday night was well attendeil and all repo - rt a good time. Wm. Mowbray has returned from Iiardin, Mont., where he has been the past few weeks on. business. Jack Mellor was in town yesterday from Baker, having brought over Judge Comer, of, Plentywood. Mrs. O. A. Dahl entertained a num- ,er of lady friends yesterday in honor of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Brunt. Mrs. F. M. Dworshak returned this week from her home in Wisconsin, where she has,been visiting the past few months with her parents. Out of flour, sugar, kerosene, po- tatoes, and as one man remarked the other day, \out of whiskey, too.\ But then who ever heard of whiskey in Ekalaka since the state went dry? The County Commissioners were in ,ession this week, Messrs Snow and Buck alone being present. Commis- !ots of snow in that section and the -letter Johnston was kept away on ac- . C. D. Newbary js reported to be very low and his reCovery is despair- ed of. He recently had another stroke of paralysis. A2 L. Pangburn came in from the ranch yesterday carrying a jug. Ile said he expected to get kerosene but it was scarce as hen's teeth. Mr. and Mrs. John Cozad returned this week from Miles City where 'they have been with their youngest child for treatmenti for eye trouble. The Hallowe'en crowd of jokers were out enmasse last Friday night, and some of the signs on the win- ,dows of the business houties wer ount of the big storm. -. On Saturday (tomorrow) afternoon W, Grant will sell 21 head of cat- Oe for Wm. Howder, at the barn of \. I.. Sicaw. Among the bunch will he 11 head of cOws giving milk. Poaition wanted as Housekeeper— on ranch or in town. Have boy of 5 years old who will have to keep %%Alt The. Mrs. D. H. Cox, will be (mind at Mrs. Dodge's, Ekalaka.45-2p Marriage licenses were issued this tteek by 'Clerk of Cdort O'Grady to Wm. E. Barrere and 011ie Arnold, both of Ekalaka, and Edward II. Meyers and Elizabeth Schumacher, also of• Ekaltika. M. B Speelmon shipped his cattle this week to eastern markets. gra Hiram ' Potter was in Eka- lake from the ranch Wednesday buy- ing supplies. ‘-' No parcel post, no ready prints. That is how we are,fixed this week. Hence only four pages. Mr. and Mrs. C. Newstrom re- turned Tuesday from a visit of sev- eral days at Miles City. Mrs. Leon L. Wheeler wishes to an- nounce that she vrill do handpainted work, calendars, folders, etc., for the holidays. Samples can be seen at Mrs. McKinnie's store with Mrs. Steiner, and orders left there. 45-2c ' L. J. Pyles of Chalk Buttes lost a *valuable dapple gray horse last week by falling in a well. This was one of his te,am of four dapple grays that he has been driving for. some time past and he feels the loss as though 'it was one of the f,amily. Frank Voss came in with a load of seven passengers in his Buick yester- day, making the trip in three holm - Frank is the boy who gets over the road and keeps Ekalaka from being entirely isolated from the outside world, especially in ;stormy weather. Over at Camp Crook next Tuesday they are going to celebrate the first anniversary of the Armistice. Elab- orate plans are being made to enter- tain all returned soldiers with a big feed, dance, speaking, and everytaing that goes to make a nig time. All service men are requested to be in full uniform. The postmasber at Billings did not know that millionsef Montana horses were to be had for the asking until he received a letter from a Kansas man who said he was in a position to handle a couple of thousand of the nags. He was particularly anxious to know hether he would have to pay the freight. The communication was 'carefully filed away in the waste bas- ket. The last payment on the Victory Loan will be due on Tuesday the 11th. Those who subscribed for Victory bonds on the installment plan should make prompt payment on or before the 1 lth and thus finish a good job. Just! a ye,ar ago on the 11th we cel- ebrated the termination of the world' ear. Let's celebrate the llth this year by completing our pledge tio Uncle Sam. \Little Britches\ came in from the .anch the other day and told how he caught ap his horse, who didn't want to tome to town. There were two of them running in the pasture and neither of them wanted to make the ktrip, so kept out of his way. After chasing them for a half day he final- ly got his rifle and \drew a bead.\ He is shy a horse now but the other one consented to be caught. What is bothering him now is whether he will be arrested for cruelty to ani- mal's. Joe Revel of Baker, one of the freighters who has been operating between here and the railroad met with what seemed for a time a very serious accidenti this week. While coming to Ekalaka with a ten horse freight load and near the Chas. Jolly ranch one of his horses slipped and tell from a small bridge In try,ing to get the horae up another horse fell and lanaed on Mr. Revel. Since the accident Mr. Revel has been con- fined to the Jolly ranch and although o serious results are contemplatea he is pretty badly shaken up. very amusing. Word comes that Steve Morton is Local merchants have suffered se- ick in the hospital at Chicago, where 'le had gone with : shipment of cat: verely t,hrough the storm that has been.raging the past few weeks. Po- tatoes, sugar, kerosene and gasoline are all scarce articles. tle. It was the i tion of Steve to visit his old ho . ew York state before retu'rning to ontana. UNITED CHURCH, FOR EKALAKA Rev. Walter M. Yordan of Butte who is President of the Christian As= sociation of Montana 4 and Rev. Geo. N. Edwards, of Billings, lassistant Superintendent of the Con&wation- al Board of Montana, neld a confer- ence in Ekalaka last Monday to pre- fiect plans for installing a United Church in Ekalaka, At the maettraa Monday evening Rev. Jordan deliv- ered the address --a soul -inspiring ;ospel message. Rev. Edwards act- ed as chairman of the business ses- sion, and recommended the following: 1st. A Pulpit Supply Committee consisting of Messrs. Shaw, Aldrich and Mellor, this committee to pro- vide services until an evangelist is sent to Ekalaka. 2nd. Evangelistic meetings to be held tb be conducted if p'essible by Rev. Ralph C. Sargent of Helena. pastor of the Federated Christian and Congregational Church of Helena. 3rd. A new pastor to be secured from the Christian or Disciples Church to be jointly suported by the Home Missionary Societies of the/ Congregational and Christian Church and the local church. Pastor to have a salary of $1800. 4th. The annual meeting of the thurch in Ekalaka to be held Thurs- day evening, Nov. 20, 1919, at which time action should be t,aken on chang- irg the name by the addition of the word \united making the name of the church \The United Church of Christ of Ekalaka.\ 5th. That this resolution be adopt- . A at the said annual meeting on the avening of Nov. 20th: \In making missionary offerings any of the con- _ gregation may desigate the board or 5bject to which he wishes to give, but unless so designated the missionary )fferings shall be equally divided be- ween the denominations supporting the church.\ 6th. That at the time of securing the local suspport of the church an Al'ort be made to secure pledges also. 7th. That the church should be in- .ured at once through the courtesy f the Congregational Buidling So- ciety. I takes plenty of nerve to come e sunny south to Montana) in the winter, dig a dug -out, and prepare for a hard winter, but that is what Fred and Clyde Smith of Greensboro, N. C., re doing. They knew of Ben avis ho formerly lived near their Ito nd had come to Ekalaka years ago, and hunted hint up. They have located near the Milliron in the Long Pines and intend to stick. But then they were soldiers and used to hard- ships, having been across seas a couple of years where they saw plen- ty of service and hardships. Word from the new county of Powder River is to the effect that all will not be smooth sailing politically in that section in the next campaign, says the Miles City American, and that already an organization is be- ing perfected that will, if successful in its aims and purposes, radically disappoint soine of the gentlemen who are yet clinging to the musty traditions of the past, and who seein entirely unable to realize that the spirit of progressiveness now pervad- ing the country - will no longer tol- erate the Methods so long p cticed by nutahine politicians. ELGIN (Too late for last week.) The Elgin correspondent has been nowed under fpr the past few weeks. Ray Bridgard has been passing round smiles and cigars lately, all on account of the new boy that ar- ived at his house last week. lir. Sandy made a trip to Ekalaka ;u.alay, coming back Monday vrith a oad of baled hay. The Doctor says here is nothing like being a dry land at mer, hauling $46 a ton hay twenty miles through snow two feet deep to 41 to thirty-cent horses. 011ie Watkins returned Monday from Marntarth. He with several of he neighbors took their cattle there Iree weeks ago to ship to Chicago, td have had to hold them there on iccount of not being able to get cars o ship out. The people of this vicinity were ;rieved to hear of the death of Velva 'rosby, of Baker, Wednesday morn- ng. The Crosby's lived for several :ears in and around Ekalaka. Miss \rosby %YRS a sister of Mrs. Floyd 4 of this place. Ed. Arpan is quite sick at this .vriting. Gus Selma and John Loehding vtoth report new girls at their homes. Rev. Bowden has disposed of his itock and machinery, and with his family has moved to Plevna. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Farwell are ttaying in Ekalaka at present at the ktme of Mr. Newbary, who is quite low at this writing. Mrs. Chas. Lavall is enjoying a vial - it at present with her sister Mrs. Fisher from Omaha. Bill Howder returned from Vivian, 8. D., Saturday. He has leased a anch at that place, and *ill move 1113 01114 Itheisistock as soon as tne weather permits. Frank Buck purchased 65 steers front Joe Hoffman a few days ago. Lou Leigh is loaded up ready to move to Carter. Sof Dak., as soon as it quits snowine.. He Says hc never SaW a place Una beats this for mei.- tUTC. • mail hanksgiving comes on Tharsdai, ::ov. 27th, when all the turks in the cvii;tt.7.. are in danger of having their ls taken oft. Christmas also comes on a Thursday this year. • • a
