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• I • • • VOLUME XI. . , . 03' . EKALAKA, CARTER COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1919. - NUMBER 46 4 C. D. NEWBEARY DIED TUESDAY Curtis Daniel Newbeary is dead, havitiglpassed away Tuesday night at his home in Ekalaka, at the age of 70 years. Deceased was born in Portage, Wis., Oct. 21st, 1849, and came to Montana about 1865, being one of the old pioneers. He was one -1 - - tif — the old freighters between Salt Lake City and Virginia City, which he started to do shortly after his ar- riVal, in fact when a mere boy. In 1890 he married and five children were the result'of this union, as fol- lows: Carrie, now Mrs. Wtn. Berger; Adelia, now Mrs. L. W. Gilmon; Otto and Henry, and Alice (deceased), Mrs. Harry Hedges. Also a step -son, Geo. Farwell. .1891 his first wife died and the following spring he came to this sec- tion, his family following him in the fall. Here he went into the stock business and has continued in it up until the time of his demise. About 1890 he was elected to the legislature from this section, and two years later to the Senate, both times on the Republican ticket. In 1893 he was married to Edna Roselle Farwell, and no children were born to this union. She survives him. For some time prior to Mr. New- beary's death he had been in poor health, and last summer yent to Rochester to the Mayo Bros. to con- sult ,them about his health, but they gave him no hope th. The beginning of October he had wTat appeared to be a slight attack of paralysis, from which time until his death he has been confined to his bed. In the morn- ing of the day of his death he became unconscious and remained so until he died. During the latter part of his life it was his joy to get a few of his friends around him and tell of his early experiences while the country was young: During his freighting days he had numerous experiences with the Indians, and many were the close calls. Sometimes he thought his end had come, but although only a boy he managed to get through. lie was a prominent Odd Fellow and Elk, and it was his request to be buried under the auspices of the former. Interment will take place Saturday in the I. O. O. F. Ceme- tery. The sympathy of the entire com- munity goes out to the bereaved family and relatives. NEW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL P. M. Silloway of Peoria, Ill., ar- rived in town last week and has been employed as principal of the Ekalaka schools. Prof. Silloway has lived in M.ontana before and was desirous of returning. He was superintendent of the Lewistown city schools for one trear and for eight years superinten- dent of the Fergus county high school at Lewistown, Mont. He comes highly recommended as an educator. He is a great student on the subject of birds and has written a book on \Bird Life\ which is soon to be pub- lished by the New York School of 'Forestry. At Miss Prest's request Prof. Silloway takes her place as principal, but the patrons and pupils will all be glad to learn that Miss Prest is still to remain in the schools as assistant principal. rim LOCAL NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK. Log shack to rent—Inquire Eagle office. 46p Geo. Clark and Bud Armstrong were Miles City visitors last week. Lost, strayed or stolen—The mail. Finder please leave at the postoffice. Everybody is predicting a big crop :or 19120. Let us hope that it comes true. Chas. Hubbard took a bunch of cattle to the railroad Tuesday for shipment / Even if it does snow and blow, the coal men make their trips with old regularity. 'Tom Hurst has gone to Kansa5 City, Mo., to attend the Auto and Tractor achool. Ty Lentils - 11nd A. L. Shaw went to Baker Wednesday to see about get- ting out more hay. The picture s'aows for the past week have been somewhat curtailed owing to the non-arrial of the films. It is said that Powder river was on a iampage last week, due to the ciiircek v‘11ich went through that ese- I ion. Geo. Stewart has moved in from the ranch and is now occupying he Mrs. Amos Lam,bert property for he winter. Up at Baker they are going to hold a special election on Dec. 6th to see whether they will have the sewer system or not. Geo. Elder went to the wilds a few weeks ago and returned %vith a fine elk. He secured a fine bunch of teeth from the animal. There were fifteen contests filed on homesteads in this district during the month of October. In most cases answers were filed. Corporal A. V. Forsbrg, accom- panied by his mother, Mrs. H. Fors- berg, and sister, Miss N. Forsberg, spent Sunday here from Ekalaka.— Baker Sentinel. Frank Dahlberg and Dan Dague attempted to take the mail through .0 Baker Monday by auto, but only 4ot about three miles when they were forced to turn back. • Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Nehrbass were visitors here from Ekalaka Wednes- lay. Mrs. Nehrbass was formerly Miss Mary Baker, who has frequent - .y visited friends here.—Baker Sen- tinel. Carl Aldrich is busy building him- self a set of runners which he expects to attach to his car so he can run through the snow. He says he has done it before and no reason why he can't do it again. He is thinking of having it patented. A writer in the Ii:ineeapoli6 tune says \there ia tit. one enasoi foi the present fini.c , t rnd that is an Rimy of agitators whe endeav)r t 3tke us believe thot every thin:. going to the bow wov.s, when in fa • We are experiencing. the most pro-, perous times thi courtry ham Se.1,1 hince the cidl alt.\ Must have be..r. an oversight on the part of the ed- itor to let a thing like that fret into his paper at a time when we have a democratic 'president. There seems be a concerted program on tli? part, of republicans to knock every- thing. Beats all how sour and pessi- Thistic some people become when the other fellows liave the offices. If the ..republicans were in power those same fellows who do nothing but kick would be telling us everything was lovely and emptying their vials of wrath on the \calamity howlers.\ A couple of Ekalaka boys are cred- ited with burning one cat at the stake and hanging another all simply be- . - ..ause they were so careless as to let he cats get in to their muskrat hides and eat them up. Such atrocities ihould be put a atop to. Rudolph and Ted Nelstead have mrchased the Carter County Abstract Co. from Al. Hansen of Baker. Ted s now at Baker looking into the ins ind outa of the Wiliness, and will shortly return to Ekalaka to assume tharge of the abstracting office. The United States Army recruiting iervice is looking for James H. Moore of Ridgway, in order to give .iim' the Distinguished Service Cross, .vhich he earned in the late war. He was a corporal in Company B, 307th :nfantry. Ile is cited for heroism in battle. . . Armistice Day pa r ssed off very quietly in Ekalaka. An effott was made to pull off a dance in the even- ing., but owing to the big stortn rag- ing it had to be called off. How- ever there wil be a bfrg-tjance held the I'lay House Scaturday night. Good music and good floor. Miles City Star: The iocal land °f- lee is in receipt of the first patent t has received under the stockgraz- ing homestead 640 -acre tract. The patent was applied for in June for an idditional 320 acres home.stead entry, old it is said this is the first of its kind 'Which has come to the local of- fice. . • . T. J. Martin and wife were over rrom Ekalaka the first al the week .nroute to Florida, where. they will :fiend the vrinter. Tom Ilan prospered c,t, more than ordinary %degree of late and feels that ,the allotted time lias come to him and his -estimable wife to spend a portion of their de- clining years on their esta te amid he orange groves and palms. —Baker Sentinel. 41..awommoamomi•ommoemo••••••••o•Hon. ,, em. ,, ,m,., . >411111.141110.0•1111111.0111M.041 Thanksgiving Proclamation - 'President Wilson has set aside Thursday, NoVember 27, as Thanksgiving day, in a proclamation which said the country looked forward \with confidence to the dawn of an era where the aacrifices of the nations will find recompense in a world at peace.\ The proclamation follows: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMER- ICA. A PROCLAMATIONi- \The season of the year has again arrived when the people of the United States are accustnmed to unite in giving thanks to Almighty God for the blessings which he has conferred upon our country during the 12 months that have passed. A year ago our people poured out their hearts in praise and thanks- giving. Through Divine aid the right was victorious and peace had come to the nations which had so courageously struggled in defense of human liberty and justice. Now that the stern task is ended and the fruits of achievements are ours, we look forward with confidence to the dawn of an era where the sac- rifices of the nations will find recompense in a world al, peace. \But to attain the contsummation of the great work to which the American people devoted their manhood and the vast resources of their country they should, as they give thanks to God, reconsecrate themselves to these principles Of right which triumphed through His merciful goodness. Our gratitude can find no more perfect expression than to bulwark with loyalty and patriotism those principles for which the free peoples of the earth fought and died. \During the past year we have had much to make us grate- ful. In spite of the confusion in our economic life resulting from the war we have prospered. Our harvests have been plentiful and of our abundance we have been able to render succor to less favored nations. Our democracy remains un- shaken in a world torn with political and social unrest. Our traditional ideals are still our guides in the path of progress and civilization. \These great; blessings, vouchsafed.to us, for which we de- voutly give thanks, should arouse us to a fuller sense of our duty to ourselves and to mankind to Set tO it that nothing we may do shall mar the completeness of the victory which we helped to win. No selfish purpose animated us in becoming a participant in the World war, and with a like spirit of unselfish- ness we should strive to by our example and by `our co-op- eration in realizing the enduring welfare of all peoples and in bringing into being a world ruled by,friendship and good will. \Therefore I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, hereby designate Thursday, the 27th day of November, next for observance as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer by my fellow countrymen, inviting them to cease on - that day from their ordinary tasks and to unite in their homes and in their several places of worship in ascribing praise and thanksgiving to God, the author of all blessings and the master of our destinies. \In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. \Done in the District of Columbia, this fifth day of Novem- ber, in the year of our LoA one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. and of the independence of the United States the one hundrd and forty-fourth. (Signed): (Seal.) WOODROW WILSON, By the President. ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State.\ Mrs. A. E. Elliott entertained . the Ladies' Guild last Saturday. Lacy Speelmon was in from the ranch this week on business. Mrs. Raymond Smith entertained V.he Improvement Club this week. ;Ars. O. A. Dahl entertained the Enib ery Club yesterday at he t i. home. Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Pulse of Box Elder have returned from a visit to friends in Nebraska. Miss Mina Munro has resigned at the telephone exchange and the Mis- ses Fowler of Box Elder will succeed her. 1 C. L. Proctor left yesterday for Plevna, where he has been called to make an examination of the eyes of l'il. J. Potter thin week moved his family into the Strain residence from his ranch. the school children. IsIrs. Mike Moolick returned Mon- day from Miles City, where she was called by the serious illness of her brother, Harry King. Ile ia improv- ing slowly. II. G. Albert has moved into the Colvin property. He had .been con- templating having his own house fin- ished this month, but the severe cold weather has kept the contractors back. County Attorney Nelstead this week moved his office to the Olsen I block, Which he will occupy until his new office is finished. 1 Lawrence Phalen braved the ele- ments and left for Baker Sunday after freight, returning Wednesday with 2800 pounds. Ile only had two horse. , at that. John Booth this week fell down the stairway in the Olsen building and was painfully bruised about the head. Ile is now wearing a plaster under his left eye, which gives him the ap- pearance of having been in a scrap. George Campbell suffered a slight stroke of paralysis the fore part of the week but is again able to get around, although.his one side is part- ly paralyzed M. C. Newstrom of the Charter; Co., went to Baker thia week to sc. about getting much needed supplies down to this burg, as the merchant- , are beginning to run short. One of our exchanges pointedly ',- marks that \A good many 'are i.i.• saying very much about the Nei, - partisan League just now, bat it fun to see the expression of the bu..1- ness man that is offiered a check on a North Dakota bank in payment of any kind of a bill contracted in Mon- tana.\ A Community meeting will be held at the church next Monday night and an interesting program is being pre- pared. There will be talks on \Coun- ty Units,\ \Boy Scouts,\ \Signs of the Times,\ and \Smith's Towner 13ill.\ Everybody is invited to be present. In ninny cities they have put a ban on the \shimmy\ dancers. An ex- change commenting on the dance says: \The 'shimmy' is not the only dance that will soon be taboo. The exaggerated fox-trot is slowly dis- appearing and the old two-step will appear again on the programs in the near future.\ SHORTAGE OF CARS HAS CAUSED BIG LOSS Three weeks ago this Week Wed , nesday, a bunch of Ekalaka cow men arrived with 260 head of cattle for which they had had their orders for cattle cars in for a couple of Weeks. A few days later Harold Soderling and Johnnie Timm arrived from Bier- man with 260 cattle which Soderling had been feeding, and a little later other outfits began arriving from the upper Box Elder and Beaver Creek valleys, until there was a total of thirty-five cars of cattle awaiting shipment, on acount of a shortage of stock cars. During this time these ranchmen were under heavy expense feeding and tending their cattle through the severe storms, and as a result heavy expenses and damages have resulted to them. Among those having cattleforship- ment were Harold Soderling, 260 head; J. H. Cornish, G. W. Cleveland and R. E. Armstreng of Ekalaka, 250 head; WIalter Anderson and Tom Hunter af Ekalaka, 250 head; Hamil- ton, Gross and Moolick bf Ekalaka, 100 head; Clark and Lindberg, also of Ekalaka,a caiload each; and Bob Ridgway of Ridgway, and Gene Turbeville, of the Mill Iron, a carload ?itch. The cars welre loaded out last Friday.—Marmarth Mail. HEAVY SNOW DELAYS TRAFFIC We have been having a touch' of real winter during .the past week. Zerb weather and deep snows that seriously impede and at times almost Etop travel. The mercury was a lit- tle below zero Monday night and eight below Tuesday night. George Cleve- land, Jr., Joe Cornish and Walter Anderson got in Tuesday afternoon, having been three days getting from Baker to Ekalaka. They said a bliz- (about 20 miles is trom E laka) and hi a zard raged at Sawyer's onday night the thermometer registered 20 below zero. On Monday afternoon we were warned by 'phone from Miles City t,o look out for a terrific blizAard. The blizzard struck Baker and Fallon county but missed us, although we had some of the symptoms. Autos have been unable to navigate and Ekalaka is getting low on some of the necessaries of life, the mer- chants being out of a number of staple articles. Many freighters with teams are getting ready to begin hauling stuff in the good old way. Frank Owen*, who has been car- rying the mail on the Ekalaka r Ridg- wily route, cannot get through with h's auto on account of the heavy 'JUDGE\ WILLIAMS s.lows, and Frank Kesterson is carry. TAKES HIS DEPARTTURE irg the Ridgway mail in an old- fashioned sleigh drawn by horses. J. A. Williams, a former Baker at- Kesterson started from Ridgway Sun- torney, is tuiderstood to have re- day noon with the moil and one pas - moved his personality - from this bali- singer, and arrived in Ekalaka at 6 wick and located in an eastern city, p. m. Tuesday. The man who came -ays the Baker Sentinel. Mr. Wil- with Kesterson from Ridgway is a iiams t who styled himself \Judge\ ncw arrival in Montana. He says it when he first came to town a few kkes all kinds of grit to wallow years ago, was an unique character. through anow.for 85 miles where•the 1 tnall of more than ordinary ability, ri ad is not broken and the snow ten messed with a finished education, he fist deep irk some plates. Once they erfonned a function not given to the had to unhitch the team when they average citizen --that of exploiting the gct into a ..loow . „toe fleep to get woes cf . }hat part . of the human race out. ' thli writ Imo . m_ho , dittr Adni hii came in - Personil - 0on- c E rile Iii ison is - B:C. Beat- - :act. As an orat,or he gave to the ty, a former Iowa man. He filed on forum a fluency of polished diction a section of land near Ridgway awl eat would have been the pride and went down recently t,o build a house. emulation of a Demosthens, ,yet he He got caught in the heavy snows was a professional and fraternal out- but went ahead and finilthed his 7ast because of the overflowing ego ihack. He came back to tovm yeti - n his temperament. However, the teiday with his face frozen io sever - 'Judge\ occupied a n:che in the social 31 places and frosted all ovet like a ictivities of his environment that picture of Santa Claus, but instead annot be well filled and it is the hope of being discouraged and disgusted hat his departure from this vale of v..ith Montana he is filled with en - ;flows will be of brief rather than irolonged duration. thusiasm and is going to send to Iowa for his mother to come out and file on a homeatead. Beatty is all FIREMEN HOLD INITIATION right and has in him the making of i real Montana man and there is no The Ekalaka Fire Department held fucstion concerning his future. Ile initiation last Monday when Paul is a good carpenter . and not afraid hillier, C. L. Proctor and Frank Dahl- of work. . berg took the oath of membership. George Jolly is carrying the mail About twenty members braved the with horses between Elialaka and storm and were in attendance. Paul Willard. He got in hionday after - hillier, who is quite an athlete, made noon with a four -horse load of mail the record for the high jump. After at all kinds, bringing the first papers the initiation exercises a splendid .e have had thit; month. Jolly ex - lunch was served. Several old timen ,et ted to be back with another load were present and gave a history of uesday evening, but he struck a the organization from its early day.,Iblizzard at the north end of his route up to the present. Everybody had a and was delayed. Ekalaka is suffer- ing from a paper and magazine fam- ine. People are running around try- ing to beg or borrow old magazines Ind they say they are not at all par- :icular about the date. Big snows in October are not un- 11:110W11 TT1 hlontana. Vile have them ibout once every seven years. In i :he last .10 years we have had six ',Octobers that gave us 10 inchee or i more of snow. In October this year 1 the total for the month wlis 13.6 lurches. In October 1916 it i8 report- ed there were 20 inches. o good time and the meeting broke up about midnight. Disappeared from my ranch near Ektifaka, on or about August lat. 1919, one black work gelding• with blaze face, branded TY left thigh, al- • -.0 011P black standard bred. stallion, has white on both hind pasterns, stands about 16 hands, branded with a dim ? left jaw, also has number brand on right side of neck under mane. A reward of $5.00 each paid 1 for information Igading 'to their re - .covery. Address James Hunter, 2216 Main St., Miles City, hiontana. 46-2c VELV A CROSBY A particularly sad death was tintt )1' little Velva Crosby at Marmarth October 290). She had suffered for a ;lumber of years from organic heart :rouble and on Saturday, October 25, had a stroke of paralysis, her right lide being helpless. Velva was boin it Ekalaka, Mont., May 7, 1906, being 1:1 years, 6 months and 22 days old it the time of her death, October 29, 1919.. The funeral was held at Mar - nerd) and the body was buried at that place.—Baker Times. CHURCH SERVICES .The Pulpit Committee have adopt- ed the followjng program for next Sunday: Sunday School 10 A. M. Mr. Piette will preach at 11 A M. Chris- tian Endeavor. 7 P. M. Topic, \Co- operation in Service. Leader, Miss Zella Ewalt. Members of the Chris- tian Endeavor Society will conduct a song service at 8 I'. hi., to be led by Miss Lura Prest. Everyone come. Do not forget the prayer meeting on Thur . sday evening. C. W. Baer. 0 --- NOTICE • All Odd Fellows are hereby notihe. 1 tio be present at the I. O. O. F. flail Saturday, Nov. 15, at 1.15 P. M. to attend the funeral of our late Brother', C. D. Newbary. By order of the Acting N. G. About two montha ago the Shaw Ilay & Grain Conipany bought a quantity of hay in the stack in So. Dak. A. L. Shaw supervised the bal- ing. hauling and packing in cars and took 1111 active part in the work. --in order to get the hay moving. When local freight came to a stop with empty cars to be side-tracked, hir. Shaw jumped into one of them and stayed there until the, car Wa8 placed and his loads of hay were brought to . the car for unloading. About 30 tons of this baled hay was hustled to Ekalaka' before tho storm. Thus the Lantis lumber,. yard has been the SCOW of a lively trade in retailing hay for the past two weeks. H. G. I-sintis refused to sell by the - ton Un- til more could Arrive from Baker. About 70 t tons more are on hand in Baker. Freighters are wanted to le..ve this hay. I t Sale --One saddle, two bridles, on, . - 1 , 111le blanket Inquire at Ram: W. FREESE, Sec'Y% me Ilotee 48-tf. ' . - • , • Ji\t . • . 1.•
