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• VOLUME XV. OFFICIAL NMWMPAPIMI OF CAME= COUNTY. Carter County, MONTANA, FRIDAY AUGUST 31, 1923. Public Schools • Open On Monday 4 • Everything is in readiness for the opening of school in Ekalaka on next Monday, Sept. 3rd. With two excep- tions, the primary and third and 4th grade teachers, the teaching faculty is the same as last year: High School Faculty—Glenn A. Westphal, principal; Edward Dorgan, ass't principal; Edna A. Wolff, Latin and History; Jennie Carlson, English and German. Grade Teachers—Winona Lewis, 7th and 8th; Margaret Dale, 5th and 6th; Coy Southard, 3rd and 4th; Nellie Wolfe, 1st and 2nd. Indications are that the Ekalaka schools will have an exceptionally large attendance this year and that the enrollment in the high school will also be increased. A full nine month course has been arranged for and al- ready a large number of pupils from the outlying communities have asked for accomodations in Ekalaka for the coming term. Nearly all of the schools in the county will commence for the new term on Monday. NEW LAW IS DRASTIC. No longer can the convicted bootleg- ger smile and say, \thank you judge,\ pay his fine of $200 and depart from the court room, says the Miner. In the future, providing the alleged violator has been arrested for a crime committed since July 1, he becomes subject to a jail sentence in addition to his fine, and the court has 'no al- ternative. It cannot fine the convict- ed violator without sentencing him to Jail, neither can it sentence the vio- lator to fail without fining him. Sec- cond and subsequent offenses cease .to be misdemeanors and enter the felony classification. The person found guil- ty under a seconii charge in which the prosecution I as , proved to the court that it should take cognizance of prior convictions must be sent to the peni- tentiary and made to pay a fine in ad- dition. Th law providing the drastic pun- ishment was enacted by the last leg- islature in an effort totatamp out sec- ond and thitd offenders among the bootlegging fraternity. It provides that anyone convicted of possessing liquor, or dispensing it, and who has been found guilty of the crime after the law went into effect the first day of July, shall be fined not less than $200 or more than $1,000 and sentenc- ed to jail for from 60 days to six months. Further offenses are punishable by a penitentiary sentence of from six months to two years in addition to a fine of not lesee than $300 or more than $2,000. Judge J. J. Lynch, be- fore whom most prohibition law viola- tors are tried in district court, ex- plained recently that the court when dealing with a man who has been con- victed before could not take legal no- tice of the prior conviction unless the 'county attorney charges the prior \conviction in his information. Not generally known, the new stat- ute will, it is believed, strike fear into the heart of a number of men and women who each term of court are charged with bootlegging. In the past a jail sentence was provided for the manufacture of moonshine, but the court could mete out nothing but a fine in the case of a pereot convicted of dispensing liquor. There is another angle of the stat- ute which is calculated to make the law violators sit up and take notice. This is the fact that when sent to the state's prison they lose their citizen- ship and it can be restored only by an act of the governor upon or after re- lease. To bootleg now is a felony and anyone convicted of a felony auto- matically looses all rights of Ameri- can citizenship. A TREAT FROM PECK. Camp Crook Gazette.—The Tri-Val- ley Creamery Co., of Ekalaka recently presented the Camp Crook hospital patients with a consignment of their delicious ice cream. Dr. Sherrill ad- / vises that all the patients were in con- dition so they could be served and they all appreciated the treat. They desire to thank Mr. Peck for his kind- ness and also that of Doc Hall, who freighted it over from Ekalaka gratis. WORK STOPS ON NEW ROAD. Charley Summers of Sykes and Ger- ald and Lisle Hubbard of Elgin, who have been working cn the new rail- road running from Miles City to Cas- per, came home last week,work having been suspended on the road, either wholly or in part. A dispatch sent out from Sheridan two weeks ago read as follows: \Sus- pension of operations for the 1923 sea- son of about 500 men doing light grad- ing work on the North & South rail- road now under construction between Miles City and Casper was annaunced here Wednesday by Geo. M. Huss, vice president of the new railway. About 26 big machine crews and eight steam shovel gangs, however, will con- tinue at work until cold weather puts a stop to operations, about Nov. 15. Difficulty in obtaining material was responsible for the decision to delay the work, Mr. Huss, said.\ In the past few days various reports and rumors have .got into circulation. It is reported that all work has been suspended, at least temporarily and several reasons are given as causes for the shut down, namely: difficulty in getting steel for rails; troubles over the right of way; lack of Rinds now caused by a drop in the price of oil stock, and the recent drop in the sell- ing price of gasoline. The Middle States Oil Co., is financing the new road and of course would be affected by these things. One report is that there will be no more work done this year; another is that the big outfits have not taken away their machinery, which would indicate that they are figuring doing some more work before snow flies. One Miles City man has remarked, \There is something under the sur- face that does not come out.\ Th Broadus Examiner paints the darkest picture of all. Last week the paper contained the following article: \Archie Kelly has returned • to his home on Wolf Creek from the vicinity of Miles City, where he was employed in laying tiling for the new railroad. He was ‘Ihrown4 fiat of employment with many others by the suspension of all 'work on the new North and South railroad with the order becom- ing effective Sunday noon. A few of the larger contractors were in hopes 'they would not be molested until they had completed their work but they were disappointed. Residents of both Miles City and Sheridan are said to feel more than ever that the railroad work will not be resumed next year and that they have been 'stung' to the amount of their cash donations that for the most part have been used to pay for rights of way, according to the report.\ Had the new road been routed up Powder river instead of Tongue river it is possible that the Broadus editor might have had a more abiding faith in its future than he seems to have at the present writing. MARRIAGE KEPT SECRET. . Miss Mildred Lamb of Bolter, for- mer county superintendent of schools in Fallon County and R. A. Sutton of 011ie were married in Baker on the 17th of June last, the nuptial knot being tied by the Rev. B. F. Donovan, pastor of the M. E. church of Spear- fish, S. D. The marriage was kept a secret and was not generally known until last Sunday. Miss Lamb had planned on, a trip for the summer through the east, the mountains of Kentucky, Niagara Falls and other points of interest and to be married upon her return, but at last changed her mind and decided to be married before departing. Mr. Sut- Iton was unable to accompany her on account of pressing business matters, so the ceremony took place and the bride, departed. The bride is one of the early set- tlers of Fallon county. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Lamb, homestead- ed near Calumet. Mr. Sutton, who lives near 011ie, is the pwner of one of the finest stock ranches in eastern Montana, fancy horses having in the past been his particular hobby. Miss Amelia Schultz, dealer in the Watkins products, has moved into the building on Main street, opposite the Fairview House, formerly used as a tailor shop. E.W. Hartwell of Miles City, forest examiner, who has been at the local station for the past week or more, left Wednesday for the Long Pine station where he will spend a couple of weeks. NEW MANAGEMENT FOR OLD STAND AND PLAY HOUSE. Sam Feinstein has taken over the management of the Old Stand Pool Hall and also the Play House and will open up for business at once. He comes from Denver and for some time past has been representing a motion Picture exchange of that Colorado city. Mr. Feinstein informs us that he will run two shows a week, coat- mencing with next Saturday, Septetn- 8th, putting on the very best of pic- tures. He feels that with combining The business of both places he will be able to operate at a profit instead of at a loss as has been the case during the past few months. EKALAK A'S NEW POSTMASTER. It is announced from Washington that W. S. Carlson has been appoint- ed postmaster at Ekalaka. The ap- pointment was made on the recomend- ation of Congressman Leavitt of this district and will take effect soon, not later than October 1st. Mr. Carlson, who is an ex -service man, has lived here for the past two years and has had considerable pre- vious eaperience in postmaster work. The apointment was made under the competitive civil service rules. The new official succeeds Mrs. Emma Mc- Pherson, who has been our efficient postmistress .for the past four years. MILES CITY HORSE SALE. Frank Warner of Miles City, secre- atry of the Horse Sales company, an- nounces that the next sale will be in Miles on September 7th and 8th. Mr. Warner states that the local market which was once the largest primary horse market in the world, has been receiving offers of shipments of hors- es from far (listant points, one Wash- ington rancher writing offering to place some of his stock with the local firm for sale. \Indications are now, says Mr. War- ner, that the coming sale will be bet- ter than any yet held this year,\ \We hope for a number of buyers and ex- pect to have a good sale as confidence is growing, and as conditions improve the market will also become better and the sale be more successful.\ Since the Fourth of July, Kansas City buyers have purchased about 4 carloads of horses from the Ridge and Chalk Buttes country. L. W. Ken- drick of Biddle sold six head to them. The price paid for saddle homes and Work horses have been about the same, ranging from $75 to $126 per head. A saddle mare sold by Piersall three weeks ago brought $75. Two carl- loads of wild horses were sold but the prices received is unknown. CHURCH NEWS. Sunday school next Sunday at 10 o'clock. Rev. Sipes will be home in time for the evening service next Sunday. At 8 p. m. he will hold services and take \Vision\ for his subject, which will have a bearing on the fall and winter work of the church. No meeting of the Ladies Aid next week. Full anouncement of the next meeting later. George Clark and sOn Raymond came in from the south country on Wednesday evening. Raymond wil resume his school work the first of the I I II M.167i1r64i. 4601 PF MONTANA liELEN4. 4 „, NUMBER 33. LATEST FROM BOYES OIL WELL. \William E. White, field superinten- dent for the Northwestern Oil Devel- opment Co., went to Miles City on Wednesday to bring out experienced workmen to install the derided( at the oil well five migs south of Boyes on the Paul Aimone place,\ says the Ex- aminer of Broadus. Most of the new machinery has been hauled out and is on the ground. Lumber for the two rigs has been sawed at the two mills nine miles south of Boyes, one mill op- erated by N. E. Knapp and the other operated by John Cosgrove and Ed. Schroeder. Early in the summer the rig at the Aimone place was destroyed by fire and much of the machinery was damaged beyond salvage. The well itself remains intact and drilling op- erations will be resumed at a depth of about 600 feet. Mr. White has faced many difficul- -ties, and unforseen delays in .putting down this prospect well at such a great distance from the railroad, but he has proved himself a stayer end is still on the job. We surely wish him the best of luck from now on. With oil domes all sides of us, and this territory coming back in an agri- cultural way, and as a dairy and stock, sheep and hog country, our prospects for the future are anything but dis- couraging. 1. I ._ BIG CROWD AT DANCE. An exceptionally large crowd at- tended the semi-annual firemen's hop at the Play House last Friday evening and everyone was well repaid for the time and money spent. Dancing was commenced shortly after 9 o'clock and continued until after 4 a.m., several being yet far from played -out. The music was furnished by a five -piece ochestra. People came from many of the out- lying communities and the neighbor- ing towns and the dance was equal in success to the many that have here- tofore been held by the volunteer fire- men of Ekalaka. A substantial profit was realized from the sale of tickets. STATE FAIR GIRL CONTEST. Miss Sarah Latham of Mill Iron and Miss Nacmi Sweem y of Ekalaka have been nominated so far in the State Fair Girl contest being conduct- ed by the Eagle. Ballots w;ill appear in each issue of the Eagle during the weeks of August 31st, September 7th, 14th and 21st and the contest will close at 5 p. in. on the evening of Sep- tember 21st. Each ballot printed in the paper is good for 100 votes. In addition to this free vete. the Eagle will allow 1000 votes for every new subscription turned in during the con- test. No ballets will be printed other ,than those appearing in the Eagle and these ballots will be the only ones to count. Lists of Eagle subscribers will be given free to all candidates. Kindly vote your ballots as soon al Poseible after the publication of each 'issue and if you desire to nominate it 'candidate you will find a blank printed elsewhere in this issue. Mr. and Mrs. Will Miller and fami- ly of Chadron, Nebr. have been visit- ing at the home of Edgar Wear OW with other relatives in this section. 0 June G. Olsen has been absent from his place of business since last Friday when he got hit with a bat while tak- ing part in the ball game between the week. Pups and Capitol. PUPS TRIM UP CAPITOL. In the \rubber\ game played on the leca: grounds last Friday afternoon between the Capitol ball team and the Ekalaka Pups, the latter walked off with all honors, the final score being 8-2. Berry, the catcher for the vis- tors and Phalen playing the same pos- ition for the home boys, each tallied a homer in the game. Owing to the lead taken by the home boys early in the game s the contest did not develop the rooting spirit that former games between these teams has shown. The visitors failed to score until in the 7th inning and seemed to have played in hard luck, some of their best players being followed by the boo doo bird from the start. ACCUSED OF ROGNEY MURDER. Notwithstanding his alleged con- fession that he killed Thorval Rogney near Angela on the evening of Aug- ust 1, George H. Crenmore when ar- rainged in the district court at For- syth, pleaded not guilty and Judge G. A. Horkan set the case for trial. Cranmora was arrested the follow- ing Monday near Glendive by Sheriff Gorge Chapin as he was on his way to North Dakota, driving a team to a buckboard. In his confession after being taken to the Forsyth jail, Cran- more is alleged to have said he shot Rogney through the back and then struck him over the head with an old singletree. He carried the body 75 feet and then hauled it on a sled in- tending to dispose of it. The body fell off the sled and slid down a ra- vine. The next (lay Mrs. Rogney re- turned to the ranch unexpectedly and ordered Cranmore away, not knowing her husband had been murdered. Rogney was murdered in Rosebud county, about 30 miles northwest of Miles City. FIRST CATTLE SHIPMENTS. The first train of cattle from Miles City this season went ouX over the N. P. Thursday of last week, the cat- tle going to the Chicago market. In the shipment were 25 cars, the bulk of the cattle having been bought by Jerry Simpson from the southside. The cattle were inspected by Under - sheriff Joe Sullivan in the absence of Stock Inspector Font Eitchcock, who is now stationed at the stockyards in Chicago. All beef cattle are in first-class con- dition at this time as the pasture has been better than for several years. Stockmen say that shipments will go out at intervals from now on and top prices are expected for the early ship- ments. Ismay sent out its first ship- ment of cattle last week which also went to Chicago markets. There was a total of 26 car loads. The shippers from Ismay were: S. P. LaBree, Mi- reau Bros., Geo. Cook, Al Hardy, John Henry, C. E. Heinen, all of TeeDee; Clyde Brown, Dod Crosby and IL Da- vis of Powderville and Redman Bros. and E. A. McNaniara of Ismay. OUR PIONEER ATTORNEY. Miles City .Star.—Attorney M. Q. Tracy of Ekalaka, one of the early pioneer attorneys of Montana and of South Dakota, who bad a practice at Deadwood during the stirring daya, who later moved to Wyoming when Deadwood became too tame, then left there when the railroad came and opened a practice at Ekalaka mole than thirty years ago, is in the city today shaking hands with his many old-time friends. Mr. Tracy has been spending a few days in the central part ofehe staff. and arrived last n.ght from Billities to spend a day here be - lore continuine: on home. Mr. l'racy says times have changed a grest ince he first came west, and the en- tire country is now getting too tarn' . WEDS MISSOURI GIRL. Frank Bandy came in • from \01' Missoury\ this week and brought with him a wife.,He is now a fixture here and says he is \home no more to roam\. He married Miss Hannah Shaffer, one of the fair daughters of Nevada, Mo. A long time ago, Old Sliomon said: \whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing and obtaineth favor of the Lord\ and on this particular point Frank and Solomon are in complete accord. Mr. Bandy says they were well and thoroughly \shivareed\ in Missouri and can dispense With this 'ale for- mality in Montana. The Bird wishes them a long and happy married life. Deep Test Well Creates Interest 6 The Absoraka-Florence test well, which was spudded in about 25 miles northeast of Ekalaka last winter, has now reached a depth of about 3,600 feet and the next ten 'or twenty -days ought to tell the story whether it will prove a gusher or a \duster\. A not- ed geologist who is thorOugly familiar with the pecularities and intricacies of the Rocky Mountain region is quot- ed as saying that the Absaroka test well' will either open up the biggest field in this country next to Salt creek or it will prove worthless one of the finest structures in the region.\ The well is said to be the most in- teresting wildcat well in the United States, and its progress is being close- ly watched by the big toll men every- where. The National Petroleum News a prominent trade journal of the oil industry published at Cleveland, Ohio, recently sent a staff representative to this territory to make investigation and his article which appeared in the News was reproduced in last Sunday's Helena Independent, occupying almost a half page of that paper. It is too long a story for publication in the Eagle but the following article from Lewistownthe :ewistown Democrat -News gives an interesting description of the Ab- saroka well, which means so much to the future of Carter and Fallon counties: \Among the really important tests now being made in Montana, is the well being drilled in the Baker field of eastern Montana by the Absaroka Oil and Development company, an or- ganization formed by the Northern Pacific railway to test out the com- pany's vast holdings, and the Florence Oil and Gas company of Pittsburgh. The well is located on a government permit, in the SE 1 4NElk of 24-4-61E. and without doubt. is the best equipped oil drilling rig in the state. The well is now down to a depth of 3,220 feet with 10 -inch casing set at the bottom of the hole, with 3,8000 feet of eight - inch and 4,200 feet of six-inch casing on the ground, indicating preparedness to go at least 4,200 feet if necessary. The casing already in the hole and piled up on the location alone repre- sents a smal lfortune on the market value of that material. There is 520 feet of 20 -inch 90 -pound set at that depth; the 15 -inch 70 -pound is set at 1,400 feet; the 12 1 ,4 60 -pound at 2,200 feet and the 10 -inch 50 -pound at 3,200 feet. No such well was ever drilled in this state. The 12 1 1: and 15 -inch is braden-headed, where gas was found and is being used for fuel to operate the boilers. While production is confidently now looked for between 3,500 and 3,700 feet, the presence on the location of 3,800 feet of 8 1 4 and 4,200 feet of WA, casing is evident that it is not the in- tention of stopping at the above depth in the event production is not found there. The Baker structure s looked upon as being one of the best semi - wildcat structures in the state and for a number of years has furnished Fos for domestic purposes as well as a car- bon black plant. With the knowledge of the presence of a heavy gas prem. ure. it is almost certain that if oil is found there at all, a heavy gusher will be the result when the sand is reached. With the gas pressure and ideal struc- tural conditions a well of the gusher type such as are uncovered in the Ar- kansas and Texas fields must be the result provided oil is present in thl sands of this structure. The Absaroka is in charge of the operations, and while the test is nob on N.P. land, it will prove a vast area in the vicinity belonging to the company as well as large holdings of the Florence. It is upon this test that Baker field must stand or fail. If production fails here the future development will be confined to gas, as it is known that gas exists in great quantities here. But if oil is found, Baker will un- doubtedly make a field equal no some of the bigest in the country, from 3 point of heavy initial production. It will not be many weeks before the horizon where production is expected will be reached. In the meantime the eyes of operators in every section of the country are on the Baker field and this most important test.\ 0 -- Mrs. Blanche Baker and two daugh- ters of Hardin, Montana arrived this week for a short visit with relatives in this section. Mrs. Baker is the daughter of Mrs. James Cleveland : V4.
