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The Ekalaka Eagle (Ekalaka, Mont.), 23 March 1923, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053092/1923-03-23/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
I , Aex4 • 80011 OF. MONTANA, HELENA. 6 6 4 • fleet the Northwestern in central Wy- oming with the Milwaukee road in southeastern Montana, has not as yet been made public, it is announced that the contract for 330 miles of grade, telegraph line and right-of-way fence has been let and an Associated Press dispatch states that, work will com- mence April 1st. Work is to start at three different points, Bucknarn, Sheridan and a point probably near Miles City, according to J. I'. Shir- ley, of Peterson, Shirley and Gunth- ler, the Omaha firm which has taken the contract to build the road. It is said that five thousand men will be employed at once and a large number of teams will be wanted. This is the largest railroad job that has been projected in the west for ten years and its completion will add much to the growth of southeastern Montana. Rumors are still persistent in re- gards further railroad construction in this part of the state and it does not seem beyond the realms of pos- sibility that the Powder River and southern Carter county will get a branch line out of Belle Fourche, or that the Northern Pacific will ex- tend their 011ie branch into this ter- ritory. SCHOOL NOTES. Extension Service The Carter County High School cultural college and Ekalaka grade schools have again resumed work after a vaca- tion of one week caused by the flu epidemic. The _week.thiq o has been lost will be mane up by teaching Sat- urdays. The Sophomores will be hosts to a party for the High school in the near future, the date not yet being set. Mrs. Carlson has received word that \Bill and Buddy\ have reached Rochester. Miss Wolff is again feeling better after her recent illness. We hope that the faculty will be able to go through the rest of the year without any more illness. There are now but nine weeks of school left. It is likened to a race where the runner held strength in reserve for the last stretch. How many of the pupils are holding en- ough strength in reserve to be able to make a clash at the end of the year end win their race? The Grade school reopened with a ;very few absences. All of the teach- ers are feeling the very best. Kenneth Penn, Mabel Talkington and Winnie Rogers ere new students in the eighth grade. OFFICIAL NNWIWAPIR OF CAW= COO1417. VOI.UMB XV. • EICALAKA, Carter County, MONTANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1921. Haskell Road To Start Work N. W. CO. TO START DRILLING. W. E. White, field man of the N. 'W. Development Co., writes from Newark, Ohio., that actual drilling will start by April 15th, at their site on the Aimone place, says the Piniele Although the route of the north Leader, providing they are successful and south railroad that will con - 1 in getting a carload of casing hauled that time. Of 12 -inch out from Belle Fourche by The car containing 200 feet 200 feet of 10 -inch and 1200 feet of 8 1 / 4 -inch casing was to arrive in Belle Fourche Feb. 20. Owing to bad roads it has been impossible to get it hauled to the drilling site. Mr. White wrote that his company would ship tpo more rigs to Belle Fourche this coming summer to be erected in the vicinity of \iniele. The exact location wa s not stated but it is thought they will be erected north- east of, here in the Carter or Chalk Buttes structure. This structure has been inspected by several well-reput- ed geologists who gave out their opin- ion that it was one of the most prom- ising structures in the state. CORN SHOW ASSOCIATION The first annual meeting of the Montana Corn Show association will be held in Miles City April 2nd. Rep- resentatives from the corn growing counties of the state will be present to assist in perfecting the organiza- tion, which was formed at the Corn Show banquet last November, and in making arrangements for the 1923 show. It is expected that Commissioner of Agriculture Chester C. Davis will be at the meeting, and many of the coun- ty agents will no doubt attend. The of the State Agri - i s co-operating. STUDY CLUB PROGRAM. The ittly club will meet at the home of Mrs. Vedell on March 26. The following program will be given: Piano solo, Miss Dale; Roll Call— Quotation from American poet; vocal duet, Mrs. Aldrich and Miss Sandy; Tree Culture in Carter County, Mrs. DeLoss Hall; General discussion on tree plantifig for Ekalaka led by Mr. Wartman; instrumental solo, select- ed; State Legislature, Dr .B. B. San- dy; vocal duet, Miss Ellen Danley. It was the intention, originally, to discontinue the club meetings April 1st, but the meetings have been so pleasant and profitable that at the last meeting it was voted to continue meeting throughout the month of May. EK ALAK A ON THE MAP. The fact that Ekalaka is still on the map was demonstrated this week when II. B. Campbell received from the pt.:motors of the Dempsey -Gib- bons fight at Shelby ringside seats Ito be bold at $50.00 per. Outsiders still consider us on the live list when it comes to viewing the world's cham- ionship fights. A LION -LIKE SPRING Mrs. Yates' pupils are developing The first day of spring, the theoret- into real poets judging by the speci- ical date, was ushered in with storms mens seen this week, all over the northwest, Blizzards and sub -zero weather prevailed along the Canadian line and in western Mon- tana. Ekalaka and vicinity were again fortunate in being out of the storm routes, although we have been having some squally and disagreeable. weath- er. FLORENCE OIL CO. RIG MOVED DeLoss Miller of the Florence Oil company, announces that the validat- ing rig, which recently made a dis- covery of wet gas and oil, at the site known as the Smith well in the Hiddenwater dome 30 miles northeast of here, has been moved to another government lease where another 500 - foot hole will be drilled. Mr. Miller states that the cave-in at the Smith well was cleaned out and the shallow sand encountered was drilled through. No further showing of oil was found. The flu has been quite prevalent in and around Piniele almost every fam- ily in the community having had a touch of it within the last few 'weeks. Several, cases have been re- ported where whole families have been bedfast at one time.—Piniele Leader. The radio \hug\ is working fast in Broadus for one wireles s instrument ,is now working and another set has been ordered to be delivered here about April lst.—Broadus Examiner. Senator John Oliver left Monday for Roundup after a short visit with his family here. Mr. Oliver has been appointed receiver for a defunct hank at the above mentioned place and ex- pects to be there during the summer. their play in Ekalaka in a athert time. Arrangements and date will be an- nounced in next week's issue of the lEagle. ' The county commissioners have given Carl Aldrich a contract to 'drag this county's end of the Eka- laka-Baker road this season. Carl hooks two drags onto his Fordson tractor and makes the round in one day. ps i e li Mende the Ridgeway post- master, has gone back to his old job of railroading for a month or two. Mr. Measle made it in from his place through the gumbo afoot, a distance of forty miles. \ The Powder river, Little Missouri and smaller streams hereabouts broke up shortly after the first of March and no bad floods have been reported. The , damage to roads and bridges in the county ha s been very small this year. 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The Ekalaka State bank, one of the solid institutions of the county, re- ports local buainess conditions better and better and the officers are look- ing forward confidently to an era of prosperity for farmers, stockmen and busines s interests in the county. Two Baker elevators have wheat buyers and storage bins in Ekallalla• About twenty thousand bushel s have been purchased here since December 15th, and practically all runs No. 1 grade. The Charters Mercantile emnpa bought 460 dozen eggs on last M day and Tuesday. The usual spring auction sales are showing a marked increarse in the demand for farm machinery and live- stock. At the Floyd Strain sale last week the receipts ran several hun- dred dollars over the clerk's estimate. The town of Ekalaka is on a sound financial basis, there being no out- standing indebtedness. The county is in better financial condition than pine -tenths of the eastern counties of the 8 tate. Railroad and oil activities are at- tracting nation-wide interest to south- eastern Montana. The county's as- sessed valuation is increasing with a possibility of it going up by leaps and bounds. The big Baker-Glendive structure has shown oil at a point 30 miles ;northeast of Ekalaka. A dozen com- panies are interested in the Carter dome, in the centa'al part of the coun- tty and this year will see drills statred in this big structure. And there will be plenty of room in between the oil wells and railroads c to raise hogs and corn. County Treasurer Armstrong tells us he made a seventy-five per cent collection on last year's taxes. The collection last year was sixty-two per cent. Ekalaka i s a dandy little home town and we're going to plant a lot of trees and fix her up pretty. Ti Lantis, of the Lantis-Rickard (Lumber company, says his company has had the best March since its or- ganizetion More building prospects in isight, more lumber ordered, the big- gest cut in native timber the local mills have ever made, everything like a big year in the build - game. There is still a considerable amount of grain to be marketed during the summer to meet seasonable expenses. The number of livestock in the county is nearly the same as that had before the hard winter of 1919-1920 and with thi s year's increase this industry will have practically recovered its loss. Numerous inquiries are being re- ceived from parties in the eastern states regarding our land and possi- bilities in . this section. The coming leurnmer will, we confidently expect, bring large numbers of land seek - era who are eager to take advantage of the exceptional opportunities of- ifered by our cheap land and unexcel- led ranges. Many of these people will bring iwth them advanced ideas in the cultivation of corn and raising of Iswine as well as a ripe experience in (fairing and stock raising. The deposits of the First National Bank here show an increase of $20,- 000.00 ever a corresponding period of the preceding year; loan s were re- duced $10,000.00 and cash on hand and in banks increased from about $8,500.00 in 1921 to $38,500.00 and borrowed money was entirely liquid- ted. • . Squeeky Johnson says this is a next year country. Lets fool Bro. John- son and everyone do his little bit toward making it one of the best this year countries on the map. The most accurate barometer of financial conditions in the northwest is the • borrowing s of the member banks from the Federal Reserve sys- tem. On December 31, 1920, the Fed- eral Reserve hank of Minneapolis had outstanding loans of $82,967,00; on December 31, 1921, this amount had been reduced to $51,000,000 and on December 31, 1922 it had been further reduced to $21,916,000 or a reduction of approximately $30,000,000 each y ear. Revival of business in the north west, is indicated by the number of checks passing thru the Federal Re- serve bank of Minneapolis, there be- ing over 25,000,000 checks handled by this bank during 1922 as compar- ed with 21,000,000 during 1921. STOCKGROWERS ASSOCIATION TO MEET IN MILESTOWN Invitations have been sent out to thousands of stockmen and transpor- tation officials throughout the country for the thirty-eighth annual meeting of the Montana Stockgrowers assoc• iation which will be held in Miles City April 17th and 18th. Arrangements are being made to entertain the visi- tors in the open hearted manner for which the old cow town has been noted for so many years. General conditions, reflected in the stock business, have given promise of better returns; and there is a feeling of optimism among stockmen gener- ally. This is indicated by the large attendance promised for the meeting and the interest manifested . Two thousand are expected to attend, One and one-half fare has been granted on both railroads on the certificate plan. And this from W. H. Peck: \What about increased prosperity for thi s year?\ Why that is an easy thing to answer if one half reads the signs of the times. Remember I am speaking only of the prospects for Carter county. Naturally we are in closer touch with conditions here than we are in other coun*;. To 'begin with, there will be a s larger carry over _ - 'of hay add grain including all kinds i ? of aed than there has been for Rev- ere years. Stock has conic through tKe winter in good shape and best of ail is the fact that the farmers have finally decided on diversified farm- ing. We will have an increase of at least twenty-five per cent of milk- ing cows, and over four hundred per cent of hogs, more corn and other roughage will be planted, more alfal- fa and sweet clover will he sown. The price of butterfat is eleven cents high- er this year than last at this date and the outlook is good for profitable price s for the entire summer, owing to the shortage of storage holdings of butter. Sure, we are going to have better cows, better calves, bet- ter hogs, better everything, including better oil rigs to tap the wonderful. resources of this county of ours. let's go. • GOING SOME. Guy Parker made a record break- ing ride from the Louis Carter ranch to Piniele Tuesday evening, lie rode 28 mile s in two hours, changing horses .three times. Five of the Carter fam- ily were sick with the flu and Guy was sent here afteismedicine.--Piniele Leader. big. The weather and the flu cut down the attendance but the boys pulled out with a little change. The assessor this week completed the mailing out of the last tax no- tices and is now awaiting the deluge of returns from the owners of land and personal property throughout the county. The regular manthly meeting of the Twelve O'Clock club will he held this evening at the Play House. The ladies decided that it was up to Ithe men to do the .entertaining at this gathering. OLD TIMER VISITS HERE. Jas. McCumsey, called here from Portland, Ore., by the illness of his on John, is one of the real old-timers of the Black Hills and the Little Mi- souri countries. He landed in Dead- wood in 1882 and later punched cows all through southeastern Montana, working for the old TL, VVV and Hashknife outfits. Jim says this is a heck of a looking country now from the cowpunchers standpoint, but be- lieves that with diversified farming, oil and railroads we are going to make a regular country out of it. Mr. Mc- Cumsey always enjoys getting back here and visiting with the old hart, and making new friends. TEN YEARS AGO. No. 1 Northern wheat wa s quoted at Baker at $.67, and flax at $1.07. Frank Thompson weal. to Baker last week and sold a few horses at •the sale. A party of Maquoketa, Iowa, peo- +pie arrived in town this wevk looking for homestead locations. Marmarth is about, to have her bipring election, but they can't find anyone to run for office. Custer coun- ty has got a bunch of last fall's stock left over that they might get. Owing to the lack of snow around Baker the auto stage has been cov- ering the first half, while on this end the old reliable horse is at work. Deputy Sheriff Frank Evans and Geo. Boggs returned from the south- ern part of the county Monday with company. When the party arrived in town all were snow blind and have been doping up with raw potatoes and tea leaves. Committee s appointed and move- ment started to boost the proposed division of Custer county and the creation of Fallon. CITY ELECTION APRIL 2 The regular municipal election will be held Monday, April 2nd. Two al- dermen will be selected by the voters. The mayor, 0. A. Dahl, and Alder- men Malmquist and Davis hold over. iNo candidates have filed as yet, hut a number have expressed themselves as being a receptive mood. A. S. Harvey is back after a year's stay in Springfield, Mo. Last week the firm of Lantis-Rick- ard was awarded the contract, for furnishing the steel for a bridge in Falloa county. The local sawmills are busy log- ging and will soon start sawing. Chas. Berry is in charge at the Laintis-Rickard mill. Nunilber 12 02gmerease Land To Open For Settlement Notice has been received from the land office at Miles City, of the opening to entry of a considoiable portion of the unsurveyed townships left in Carter and Powder River counties. When this group is open- ed, there will remain only six un- surveyed townships in Carter coun- ty. The field work has been completed in these six townships and it is ex- pected that they will ale° be epened up this year. July 20th is the date when this lend will be open for filing, ex -ser- vice men, who are qualified entry - men, having a ninety -day preference right prior to that date. The fol- lowing is a list of the townships: Townships 8 and 9 South, Range 56; T 2S, R 53; T 3N R57; T 1S, R 54 1 / 2 ; T1S, R54; T ZS, R61; T4S, R 57; T1S and 1N, R55; T 55, R 48s T 55, R99. These lands are subject to the fol- lowing restriction s and withdrawals: All of the following were included in a coal land withdrawal, Executive Order July 9, 1910; Sections 22, 23, 24, 26, 26, 27, 34, 36, and 36. T 58 R48E and Sections 11,12,13,14,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 30. 81. 32. 33, 34, 36, and 36 of T IN R55E., P. M. Montana. Sections 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 25, 26. 27. 28. 32. 33. 34. 35 and 36 T 3N, R57 E P. M., Montana were in- cluded in coal land withdrawal Ex- ecutive Order of July 9, 1910. The NW 1 4 Sec.22, classified coal and re- stored by ExQctive Order of June 16, 1914, remainder of sections non - coal. Ail unaproptialed 4inds in Sections 1, 11, 12, 1 MilY; 23* , 14. 30. and 31, T 28, R63E, P. M: Montana were withdrawn by the secretary as stock - driveway No. 13 Letter 686414. CHURCH NOTES Sunday school begins at 10 o'clock and we want to keep up the good at- tendance that we have been having. Lets all go. ,The morning service is especially for the children although the grown- ups would enjoy the sermon. W e - would like to have more people show an interest in the services each Sun- day. Is it a square deal for you to neglect the church when you would not live in the community without the church? If the church is the back- bone of any community; the center of all our best life, thought and dc- velopment; the greatest builder of private and public conscience; the soul's school for character that will live throughout eternity and the giv- er through its membership of more than 80 per cent of all charity, in it a square deal for you to let others do all this for you and carry your dead weight besides? We invite you all to the service s of the church. The leader for C. E. is Mrs. John Thompson and the subject is \Edu- cational Missions at Home and Abroad.\ In the evening at R o'clock the pas- tor will deliver a sermon appropriate to Palm Sunday. On account of school the Sunshine Sewing Circle will meet after school on Saturday. The officers for the month are: Pres., Anna Markuson; Vice Pres., Idella Kennedy; Treas., Elaine Aldrich. A pleasant social time was enjoyed at the last meeting at the parsonage. Bob Renshaw of Elgin is enjoying a visit from his parents who reside in Oklahoma. Everybody had a good time at the Legion dance last Friday even - Sure sign of spring—Rocky Rolfson has painted his gas bugandhaditout has • painted Me gas hug and had it out on the streets the fore part of the week. A letter from the Oscar Wills nur- sery at Bismarck, N. D., ha s offered to furnish the people of Ekalaka with cottonwood trees six to eight .feet high at $18.00 per hundred. If we can get enough people to take thin matter up so that we can get one thousand trees we can save one cent apiece on each tree on the above price. Let's go. Tell the Eagle man how many you want, j .
