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0 • • • • OFFICIAL NIIIMP _ EKALAKA, Carter County, MO MUMS XV. A, FRIDAY, 1 4 4A9CH 2, 1929. 4/NW/WO •/•/••• Carter Co. High At Tournament The Carter County High School basketball team took part In the hoop tournament at Miles City last week. The boys, accompanied by Supt. West- phal and Coach Dorgan, went to Miles over the Trail creek route and made the trip in six hours in two cars pilot- ed by Carl Aldrich and John Thomp- son, Sr. They arrived in Miles at 4 p. m. Tuesday. Next morning when the drawing took place Carter High drew Hysham for the opening game of the tournament on Wednesday af- ternoon. Hysham was rated as one among the best teams, but the Eka- laka boys had the best of the game from the start and held it all the way through, winning by a score of 26 to 17. The Carter boys all played well - and won the applause of the specta- tors, John Thompson, Jr., receiving special mention in the Miles City Daily Star which says: \With Thompson, playing a spec- tacular center on the Ekalaka quin- tet, the first game of basketball played on Wednesday evening in the SoUtheastern Montana tournament in the high school gymnasium, saw Hysham fall before the Carter coun- ty aggregation, Ekalaka's center pil- ing up 26 of the 27 counters against a total of 17 for their opponents. Scott led his teammates on the lat- ter quint with a total of 7 on the Hysham aide. The game was an ex- cellent one throughout and furnished enough excitement for the audience which enjoyed the fairly evenly matched contestants. Thompson's work is considered to be exceptional as he was able to connect with the basket for counters with apparent ease.\ The next game our boy s played was with Wibaux which team had beaten Terry and Jamey. ..fn the first half Wibaux led by a score of 6 to 16. in the second half the Ekalaka boys came back and are said to have played the best game they have ever played anywhere but failed to over- come the lead held by Wibaux and the score stood 20 to 15 in favor of the latter. Carter wa• in 'he tournament until the next to the last game when they were defeated by Forsyth which won second place in the tournament, Cus- ter County High winning first place. Our representatives report an ex- cellent time and the best of treat- ment. They say that all the Miles City people seemed to \throw in\ with Ekalaka, rooted for them an I were for them all the time, which of :course WAR fully app. eciated by our delegation. There were twelve teams in the tournajnent and Carter county •iplaiwecreffieWell. Our team was: Bill Speelmon, Raymond Clark, John Thompson, Wilton Newbury, Frank Cleveland, Lee Castleberry. TEN YEARS AGO IN EKALAK A. R. E. Lambert from down on Lame i/ones sent us word that he had al- ready caught grasshoppers and pick- ed green grass two inches tall, and to prove hi s statements sent samples of both grass and hoppers. Wm. Mowbray went out to his ranch at Midland Sunday for a few days visit. In the \Twenty -years -ago\ column of the Miles City Star we note that J. P. Hedges of this place lost a portion of his second finger on the left hand. Old timers will no doubt remember the event, but probably not so well as the doctor himself. Septon Cady, the original and only diversified farmer, is jumping coun- ters at the W. H. Peck Co. store this week. All indications at present point to- ward early spring work on a new railroad, and it is predicted that the much talked of Beaver creek line is now assured. The route from Mar- marth to the head of the creek west of Ekalaka will ti oubt be the route selected by the officials of the road. SIGNS OF SPRING. March came in like a lamb. The signs of spring have been increasing from day to day. The boys have been playing marbles for a week; somebody said he saw a robin last week; high water from melting snows is reported on Russell creek. An early spring is generally predicted. ALZADA'S MYSTERIOUS VISITOR A mysterious stranger, who claim- ed to be a quarter -breed Indian, and who seemed to be plentifully supplied with money, rode into town on horse- back Wednesday, and immediately started to make friends with every- one. He attended the (lance Wednes- day night and acted as if he had in- dulged in too much moonshine. He talked quite freely about himself -- where he had come from, and where he was going—but when the citizens compared notes the following day it was found that his stories didn't tally. When the stranger discovered that Deputy Sheriff McKenzie was looking for him he left as suddenly and mysteriously as he had appeared, and the inhabitants of Alzada knew as little about him as they did when he first arrived. The deputy trailed him, but found that he had crossed the line into Wyoming, Whoever or whatever this stranger is, he has been the subject of more talk than anyone who ever visited the town. A good many of the in- habitants are of the opinion that he was not drunk, but only acted the part, and that he is a federal officer collecting evidence against those en- gaged in the manufacture of moon- shine. If he is a federal officer he played his part very cleverly and went away with a good deal of evidence in his possession, ant tr he isn't a federal offi e cer, well—he is just a drunken Indian.—Alzada Fairplay. PETER KORTUM. News reached Ekalaka the first of the week of the death of Peter Kor- tum at Bloomfield, Nebraska, on Sat- urday, February 24. Mr. Kortum came to Montana from Bloomfield about 10 years ago and settled on a homestead on Beaver Flat, southwest of Ekalaka, where he has lived most of the time since. Two months ago, accompanied by his tinage; 'lit e event to Bloomfield (or medical treatmtnt, 'which proved un- availing. Deceased was 64 years ef age and is survived by his wife, three sons and four daughters, one daughter, Mrs. Fred Rose, and one scn, Edward, live near Ekalaka. He is also sur- vived by to brothers, John and Claus Kortum, who live in this vicinity, also by quite number of other relatives. Further particulars have not been re- ceived hut it i s presumed the funeral was held at his old home, Bloomfield, Nebraska., WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN PROGRAM. On Friday, February 23 the birth- days of • Washington and Lincoln were honored by the teacher, pupils and patrons of Central school. The following program was given: Dialogue: \Keeping the Birthdays,\ Song: \0 Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.\ Roll Call and Flag Sainte with Pledge. Patriotic music by the Victrola. Unveiling of Portraits of Washing- ton ant. Lincoln. Recitation: \Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech,\ Leo Phalen. Recitetion: \Lincoln by Second Grade pupils. Recitation: \The Flag,\ by Pri- mary pupils. Music by the Victrola. Essay: \The Boyhood of Lincoln,\ by De Vorah Stone. Recitation: \Washington by Sec- ond Grade pupils. . Recitation by Marine Renshaw. Recitation: \0 Captain! My Cap- tain!\ by Emma Belle Hobbs. Music by the Victrola. Essay: \Boyhood of Washington,\ by Emma Belle Hobbs. Essay: \Winter at Valley Forge,\ by Leo Phalen. Dialogue: \Stars and Stripes,\ by the school. Reading: \A Real Trip to the Fairy Ilealthland,\ by Mrs. Renshaw. (This was for the benefit of the health cru- saders.) Song: \America by all. In the first dialogue Emma Belle ihibbs was dressee as Miss Columbia and Leo Phalen as Twentieth Cen- tury. Several of the patrons attended the exercises and were well pleased with the program. The teacher and pu- pils have had several programs dur- ing the term, all of which were ap- preciated by the parents. —By one who was present. CHURCH NOTES. We hal a fine attendance at Sun- day schoal last Sunday, there being 103 presert. We have four contest- ing cle iew and it will be inter- esting to see how they come out. Let's try le have a still better at- neec Sunday for there are classJe for all The inceet•nie service at - .1 will ac be a children's sTriAe at the chil.Iree ere especially invIed for there a ili he a girls' choir, 4n4 • *- mon for the younger folks. The *- tor will ;dee the violin solo whiell Was intended fot test Sunday an' we want all :he P(tle folks present. The subject. for Christian Endeavor is the \Refuge Psalm,\ and the ing will be led by Ales. Aldrieh. will be a young peoples' ch \ui and other special reticle beeidee t•freval .short talks. '1\ - young se n c o p e ll *s- pecially are in stet( tc. fvp seevice of the church s e e the eve&ne, at 4 J °a, the pastor will deli ..ce the featth of his addresses on th r t %rips oeremina- dons, the \Baptists\ being the next to be discussed. These services are well worth your time. Come out and see. We were not able to have the eve- ning of music last Sunday as we had announced but will probably give it in two weeks. Full announcement will be made later. The Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. C. K. Aldrich last Wednes- day and the time was spent in mak- ing handkerchiefs for the bazaar to be held later. A business meeting, conducted by the president, Mrs. Oli- ver, was held at the close of the af- ternoon and several committees ap- pointed. Refreshments were erved by the Misses 'Wolfe, Dale and Ald- rich. Guests of the society were Mrs. W. H. Peck and Mrs. Russell. Mrs. E. J. Sipes has a nice little sewing club composed of about fifteen girls of various ages, who meet at the parsonage each week. Following are the officers for this month: Beryl Clark, president; Ruth !antis, vice president; Ina Mae Armstrong, secretary; Helen Lantie, treasurer. The officers are changed each month so that the girls may have training in parliamentary law. MARRIED IN BAKER. Miss Mattie Mulkey and R. Noggle were married in Baker on Tuesday evening of lnst week, at the Meth- odist parsonage, Rev. Percy H. Davies, officiating. The bride in (laughter of James Mulkey who re- sides on Spring creek, northwest of Ekalaka. The grow i e a young Kanner who lives in the neighborhood ef Pleven. They will make their home on the farm of the groom's father south of Plevna. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. On Sunday, February 25, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Phalen of Elgin cele- brated the fortieth anniversary of their marriage. Only three of the children were present, Leo Phalen, Mrs. E. S. Ackley and Mrs. D. J. Horton. In the evening, just at dusk, the guests stole out and charivaried the bride and groom of forty years ago. They were invited to come in and make themselves miserable, which in- shuctions they did not follow as all present spent a pleasant evening at cards. Amooll HIGHLAND CATTLE ARRIVE. After a trip of more than two months duration through storms at sea and blizzards ashore, the herd of thoroughbred Scotch Highland cattle, valued at $26,000, purchased by Walter' Hill, son of the late J. J. Hill, at Aberdeen -Shire Scotland for his 10,000 acre ranch at Goat Moun- tain, has arrived at Livingston, Montana, The cattle are, appareiltlyi none the worse for their Inog and arduous journey. Accustomed to the rigors of a Highland winter, the inclemen- ciea of the weather afloat and ashore had little effect upon them. They numbered 42 when they left Scotland, but when they arrived here that num- ber had been increased to 45 by the birth of three calves en route. There are three bulls in the herd, and 30 head of young cows and heifers. Tha bul1. are two -year -olds, while the hailers are from nine, rilOiltiat • to a year and a half old. The cattle, according to Mr. Roes, cost Mr: Hill an average of $500 a head, or ap- proximately $23,000 for the herd, de- livered in Livingston. In appearance the animals are un- usual to eyes accustomed to Ameri- 4an cattle. They are short -legged and have hair approximately twelve Inches in length. The colors may be red, black, white or cream. Chisholm said that cream is the favored color in Scotland now. There are several cream colored cows in the Hill herd. They are large and square, and look as though they would make big, heavy cows. They said that on the London market their carcasses com- mand a penny a pound more than other meat breeds. These are the first Highland cattle to be sent to this country. lit is thought that the climate of Montana twill be particularly adapted to the i'aieing of this breed. They are re- garded es the hardiest cattle in the world. The' herd will be the nucleus of a large herd, and the increase will be registered in the first herd book of Highland, ' in this country. Two Highland boys, Jim Chishohn and Norman McLeod, who came over with the herd, plan to stay at Goat mountain and care for them. They are both bonny, red -checked youths, with a pronounced Scottish burr, who have never been away from home. AMERICAN LEGION DANCE. The next big e.vent in the amuse- ment line will be the St. Patrick's dance given by the American Legion on Friday, March 16, et the Play House. The dance will be on the same plan as the one given by :he Legion last year. Baskets will be sold and the profits will be used to help pay for the radio ( atfit pur- chased by the Legion boy:. Come out and have a good time end help in a good cause. K RON-MA LLEY. Mitchell Kron and Miss Goldie Malley were united in marriage at the pareonage in Ekalaka on Thurs- day, March 1, 1923, the ceremony be- ing performed by the Rev. E. J. Sipes. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kron of Batzel and the bride a daughter of Mr. and Mr*. George Malley, who live west of Ridge. They will make their home on the groom's homestead north of %tee]. Congratulations are ex- tended. tANn 11 81 1 tAHr JOHN DIVINE OIL DISCOVERER. The Marmarth Mail gives John Divine, who is quite well known here, the credit of being one of the first to direct attention to the oil pros- pects in the Marmarth field where, the Mail says, the Absaroka -Florence people are now about to spud in, \mouth of Marmarth.\ The Mail says: \The Norbeck & Nicholson Co., of Redfield, S. D., have been interested in this field since the old days of the Dakota Oil Company when J. F. Divine first called their attention to the oil prospects which teh Marmarth field offered; and it now appears as though they have about fully decided to come into this held with a new rig and start the validating work on one or more of the government per- mits held by local interests. \The above company has had lots of experience in deep well drilling and are well known throughout South Dakota and Wyoming and if their machinery is moved into this field it will no doubt have considerable v eight in influencing others to come here. However, once the big well, now ready to be drilled seventeen miles south and west of our city is a proven producer, no further influ- ence will be necessary to attract drillers to this territory as they be fighting for acreage.\ OLD-TIMER VISITS EK ALAK A. Thomas Johnston, Sr., and wife of Belle Fourche, attended the funeral of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chas. Johnston, in Eksilaka on Thursday of last week. Mr. Johnston was one of the fitet settlers in the territory which is now Carter county. He set- tled near Stoneville (now Alzada), in ,March, 1881. In September of the same year David H. Russell and Ekalaka Russell, with several chil- dren, stopped at Johnston's place on their way to this locality which was then an uninhabitated wilderness. Russell came here t9 hunt buffalo. Mr. Johnston has catifted and hunted buffalo in many places air the pres- ent site of Skalaka. He is an uncle of John E. Johnston, county commis- sioner. WIRED LEGISLATURE. The Montana legislature two years ago appropriated 96000 for the ben- efit of disabled veterans of the world war. Less than one-half of this amount has been expended for the purpose named'. At a meeting of Carter Post No. 60, American Legion Monday night, it was voted to send a telegram to the legislature asking them to re -appropriate the remainder in order to keep it for the original purpose. ACCURACY IS KEYNOTE OF KIPLING PHOTOrLA Y. When such an important literary personage AR Rudyard Kipling is won to the screen there is one thing cer- tain: That the chosen work of the famous author will be accurately filmed. Otherwisee Mr. Kipling would never have consented to per- mit his famous story, \Without Bene- fit of Clergy,\ to be adapted for the silver sheet. Practically all of the important members of the production forces concerned in making the picture ver- sion of \Without Benefit of ,Clergy\ for Pathe have been in India, where the locale of the story is laid, and are quite familiar with its people and their customs. Director James Young has made motion pictures in India and has taken hundreerc of photo- graphs in that country. Dr. H. R. M. Maddock, the technical consultant, lived in Lahore for twenty years, the city in which the action takes place. Both of the cameramen have photo- graphed screen productions in India. Thomas Holding, who plays the leading male role in the picture, be- came familiar with that country while he was purser aboard a steam- ship plying between England and Bombay during his early youth. Ran- dolph Lewis, technical expert and special repreesentative of Mr. Paul Brunet, president of Pathe, spent three months with .Mr. Kipling at his home in England and brought back to America Mr. Kipling's per- sonal sketches of Indian native life, and 40 odd photographs taken in the Indian section of the great Kensing- ton Museum in London. \Without Benefit of Clergy\ is the feature to be shown at the Play House next Wednesday, February 7 . NUMBER 9 School Pupils Will Give Play I . . The play \Great% Stockings,\ is a lively comedy set:in...England. The plot i s centered .g i round Miss Cella Faraday and ColOitiik- Smith. Kiss Celia is an old maid who has become tired of being unnoticed end consid- ered dowdy and dull; as a result she invents an imaginary hero to whom she writes many letters. Accidentally, one of her letters is mailed and comes into the hands of Colonel Smith who appears on the time to complicate matters a 'great deal. The play etids with'Miss imaginary hero turning into a real man who desires her...as his wife. Cast of Characters. Admiral Grice. (Retired) A testy old gentleman of about 65, with the manner of an old sea dog, of ruddy complexion, with white hair and whiskers.—Fay Tooke. 4 William Faraday. A well preserv- ed man of about 66. Fashionable, superficial and thoroughly selfish.— Paul Nims. w ill Colonel Smith. A dignified, dryly humorous man of military bearing, about 40 years old.—Raymond Clark. Robert Tarver. An empty headed 'young swell.—Oscar Malmquist. Henry Steele and James Raleigh. Two young men of 'about 30 and 35 respiectively.—Elliott Thompson and Frank Cleveland. Martin. A dignified old family servant.—Wilton Newbury. Celia Faraday. An unaffected woman of 29, with a sense of humor. —Naomi, Sweeney. Madge (Mrs. Rockingham) and Evelyn (Lady Trenehard). Hand- some, well -dressed, fashionable wom- en of 25 and 27 respectively.—Violet Martin and Alice Newbury. Phyllis. The charming and less11$ aelfhaf Garcia. Mrs. Chisholm scene in youngest sister, a rett ; 'Rd' . thought - 09.. --Adrienne Faraday, qt. Chica- • go. (Aunt Ida) A florid, quick- • tempered, warm-hearted womn of V. or thereabouts. ---Wilma Sandy. This play will be presented by the- Carter County high /school, at the Play House, on Friday evening, March 2. Those who have attended the playa previously given by the high school pupils know that a real treat is in store for the people of Ekalaka. Most of those taking part have made good in thin line in the past and are now out to sustain their reputation and win fresh laurels. Don't fail to be on hand. The play will be followed by a dance. // MRS. CARRIE HEGGEN. Mrs. Carrie Heggen (lied Wednes- day morning, February 28, at the home of her son Edward. Deceased was a native of Norway, born in Ytro Rendalen, in 1835, and Was 88 years of age. She came to America in 1884 and has since lived near Eka- laka. For the past few years she has 'been an invalid and made her home with her son -Edward and fam- ily. Her Auaband died in Norway many years ago. She i s survived by two sons, George and Edward, and by several grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Ekalaka church on Thursday af- ternoon, conducted by thel pastor, Rev. E. J. Sipes, with interment in the I. 0. 0. F. cemetery. Sympathy is extended to the family and rela- tives. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS. The legislature we presume died a natural death on the last day of Feb- ruary. Among the hills which failed to pass were the state income tax bill, the bill to have women serve as jurors, the establishment of a state normal *boo! at Mlles City, the mines tax% bill. There Was no lack of bills intro- duced but it seems that a smaller number than usual got through. The session could not by any stretch of imagination be - called a harmonious one, much acrimony being manifest- ed by the different factions all through the session. A Chicago tailor advertises: \We will save you 50 cents to $5 on every dollar.\ A city certainly does offer a man some wonderful chances,
