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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OP CAW= Comm fS voI UME ay. - EKALABA, Carter County, MONTA 41 A, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923 NU311BEIt 39 There's Life In - , The Old Dog Yet Ekalaka's two big \Broncho Days\ last Friday and Saturday came fully up to the plans and specifications. Some like to sing, \The Old Town's Not What It Used to Be;\ but a bet- ter song is, \There's Life in the Old Dog Yet.\ The races were good on both days and the wild stuff was wild. The buckers bucked and the buckaroos rode 'em gamely. They rode steers 'and bronks bareback and with saddles. They rode wild horses and milked wild cows. Several mounts fell with their riders. Walter Foster's mount fell with him but he climbed the ani- mal again and rode him. Herb Hol- land .mounted a bronk that fell with him twice. He extricated himself from the stirrups, crawled out from under his fallen steed, mounted an- other bad one, known as \Cyclone and made a successful ride. Prof. Dan Hedges and Prof. Glenn Westphal tackled a Texas steer double -deck fashion. They pulled so hard on the surcingle that an extra heavy iron ring was rent in twain, and the riders descended to Mother Earth with great abruptness. But they were soon \on agin\ equipped with a stouter girth and they stayed. The wild horse race was exciting. Charley Ewalt who was assisting Walter Foster to mount, earing the wild animal, was run over and tram- pled upon. The hoofs of the frantic beast crushed and mashed his nose in a frightful manner, but Foster mount - 'eel the mad brute and came in second in the race. Several old-timers pro- nounced this the best wild horse race they ever saw. All the horses bucked viciously and kept it up to the last, but none of the riders were thrown. Seven cows wry twine ,loose in the wild cow milking contest and foutteen he -milkmaids gave chase on foot and on horseback. Some of them got back the same day with milk bottles partially filled. Kisow's horse Was such a rough rider that his bottle of milk Was churned before he got back to the judges' stand. The weather man was on his good behavior and old Sol smiled down upon both show days. On Saturday there was a big crowd. They enjoyed the program at the fair grounds and filled the town in the evening and at night. The Play House Was packed, 'the S. It. 0. sign being displayed shortly after the doors opened. The (loll racks and cane racks were liber- ally patronized. The man with the megaphone, the high school kids yell- ing \hot dog,\ and the smaller fry with firecrackers made the streets lively, noisy and tumultuous. Was it a success? We'll say it was. Some feared that it was got up on such short notice and in such a busy time that it would not amount to much, but their fears proved groundless. The people want a vaca- tion. They want to see a crowd and see something going on, and it is up to Ekalaka to come across every fall with a fair or roundup, or both. A conversation between two cow- boys from the Powder river was over- heard. One said to the other: \We didn't win anything, but we did have h— of a good time.\ And they looked it. That's what Ekalaka wanted— wanted everybody to have a good time. We hope you will all come hack next year and we'll try to give you something better even than was provided this time. First Day. Half Mile Race—Strawberry Roan, by Kowitz, 1st; Tango Queen, by Herb Holland, 2nd; Johnny Smoker, by Jim Cleveland, 3rd. Quarter Mile Race—Billy Sunday, by Jack Talkington, 1st; Dynamite, by Wells, 2nd; Silver, by Paul Nims, 3rd. Novelty Race—George Hight, let; Fred Hight, 2nd; H. B. Campbell, 3rd. Five -Eighths Mile Race—Bally, by Frank Tooke, 1st; Strawberry Roan, by Kowitz, 2nd; Billy Sunday, by Jack Talkington, 3rd. Wild Horse Race—Owen and Dan Hedges, 1st; Walter Foster and Fred Hight, 2nd; Earl Garcia and Bud Armstrong, 3rd. Bronc Riding—Jack Talkington, on Long John, did not qualify; Owen Hedges, on Dan Suer, qualified; Herb Holland, on Grandma's Saddle Mare, qualified; Dan Hedges, on Bay Mare, qualified; Bob Ross, on Hicky, did not qualify; Walter Foster, on Honey, qualified. The judges did not give any decision on riding, as they con- ksidered Owen Hedges, Dan Hedges, Iterb Holland Walter Foster were Second Day. Quarter Mile Race—Strawberry Roan, by Kowitz, 1st; Bally, by Frank Tooke, 2nd; Dynamite, by Wells, 3rd. Half Mlle Race—Strawberry Roan, by Kowitz, 1st; Johnny Smoker, by Cleveland, 2nd; Moonshine, by Col- lins, 3rd. Novelty Race—Fred Hight, 1st; Geo. Hight, 2nd; Glenn Westphal, 3rd. Five -Eighths Mile Race—Bally, by Frank Tooke, 1st; Johnny Smoker, by Clevland, 2nd; Moonshine, by Collins, 3rd. Bronc Riding—Dan Bickel, on Da- kota Red, did not qualify; Bob Milton, on Pinto, did not qualify; Dan Hed- ges, on Long John, qualified; Owen Hedges, on Dan Suer, qualified; Herb Holland, on Honey, qualified; Walter Foster, on Hickey, qualified. The judges' decision on final riding wgs as bllows, and was made on points: Walter. Foster, 85; Dan Hedges, 80; Herb Holland, 80; Owen Hedges, 70; Bickel, 0; Milton, 0. In the wild cow milking contest Don Pyles and the Big Kid, 1st; Nor- man Winchell and Dan Hedges, 2nd; lBud Armstrong and Jack Talkington, l3rd; Owen Hedges and Lacy Speel- mon, 4th; Kisow milked also. \WHAT WIVES WANT' AT PLAY HOUSE WEDNESDAY. A cast of stellar players presents \What Wives Want,\ the Universal all-star attraction, which comes to the Play House next Wednesday, Oct. 3. The story is an original one by Edward T. Lowe, Jr., and Perry Vekroff and was filmed under the direction of Jack Conway, whose most recent success was \Trimmed in Scar- let.\ \What Wives Want\ centers around a present-day marital problem that is largely responsible for the grinding of the divorce mill. It concerns a husband who is too busy making money to give his wife the attention that she thinks she deserves, and in consequence she looked elsewhere for this attention. A younger sister, who, strangely enough, acts as a mother to the elder, steps in at a critical moment and saves her from an act of folly but is herself crucified on the cross of suspicion. The story is said to be widely re- moved from the usual triangle sit- uation and the perfection of the cast promises a most satisfying rerform- ance. Ethel Grey Terry plays tho part of the wife who, but for the interference of the sister, would have passed the brink of propriety. Mar- garet Landis plays the sister. Niles Welch and Vernon Steele, both lead- ing men of rare ability, appear as the husbands of the two sisters, while Ramsey Wallace, a past master of screen villainy, is \the other man.\ --• NOT LIKE THE OLD DAYS — . Editor ',eight, the new light on the Alzada Fairplay, amuses himself his spare moments by killing the cats that are wont to carry on their mad affairs in the vicinity of the Fairplay office. Bro. Leight hails from Wis- consin. When the assocate editor of the Eagle wap a boy in the Badger state his grandmother used to tell him that it Was \bad luck\ to kill a cat. We have been told that in the old (lays in Alzada (or Stoneville) it Was not cats that the natives made a practice of killing. Mr. and Mrs. Rahl Feely of Mill Iron, expect to start Sunday in their car for Lodi, Calif., where they will spend the winter. Mr. Feely has leased his ranch to Louie Peterson, who contemplates putting in a store near the Mill Iron bridge. This will be a great convenience to the resi- dents of that neighborhood. A card from Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reese who left here recently for the west reads as follows: \Just a line to let you know we stopped in Han- ford, W,ash., and found two former Ekalaka families, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Arpan, and had a very enjoyable visit with them.\ Mrs. Joe Hoffman of Elgin, has gone to Wood, S. D., to live with her daughter, Mrs. Stella Meyers. School Days the Lament AH GU! I DONT HEAR NO BELL, wisHf 0 THEY'D MAKE THE VACATIONS LONSER,PERTY SOON THERE WON'T BE NO SWIMMIN' NOR NOTHIN' W N 11 04maki tartembr 10 TRAINS RUNNING ON NEW NORTH AND SOUTH ROAD. An Associated Press dispatch dat- ed Casper, Wyo., Sept. 25, announces that \First train service to Salt Creek, 95 miles north of here, by highway, center of One of the richest oil districts in the world, was estab- lished today by the Wyoming North and South railroad from Illco, 14 miles west of Casper, following com- pletion of the Illco-Salt Creek link of the Haskell line that eventually will extend to Miles City, Mont. The last spike was driven at Salt Creek late yesterday by C. S. Lane, chair- man of the transportation board of the Middle States corporation, who has represented Governor C. N. Has- kell of Oklahoma, in the building of the road.\ CHURCH NOTES. • Sunday school at ten o'clock next Sunday. The attendance was larger than usual but we want more of the tstudents present next Sunday which is a review of the lessons of the past quarter. Miss Grace Berry was elect- ed librarian last Sunday to take the place of Ruth Hedges who expects to leave soon. We were glad to have the superintendent, Dr. Sandy, with us again. Come to Sunday school next Sunday. There will be preaching services next Sunday both morning and eve- ning and we hope to have a choir on hand for both services. The morning service is at 11 o'clock and the eve- ning service at 8 o'clock. Everyone is invited. Christian Endeavor at 7 o'clock next Sunday. We had a good attend- ance last Sunday and want to keep it up. The subject is \Recent Tri-umphs of Missions at Home and Abroad.\ Choir practice next Thursday night at 7:30. Prayer meeting at 7:30 o'clock and the subject is \Fruitful Living.\ Conic and spend a profitable hour at the church. We regret to announce that we will have to postpone the church party !which was to be given for the young people Friday night on account of the epidemic of measles. We hope to have it in two weeks when more of the students will be able to attend. Watch'for further announcement. The Ladies Aid had their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. R. B. Shelden last Wednesday and had a very enjoyable time. There were two guests, Mrs. Wendell and Miss Babin. At the close of the business metting nice lunch was served by the hos- tess assisted by Miss Madeline Walker. 1 I The Eagle is in receipt of a card from the A. I.. Shaw family who left here in their car a couple of NVeeks ago. They visited former Ekalaka friends in Rapid City, and will go from there to Sioux City, Omaha, Lincoln and Kansas City, at which places they will visit relatives. Their final destination is Jonesboro, Arkansas. Dr. B. B. Sandy and family who have been visiting at their old home at Lake City, Iowa, have returned to Ekalaka, and their (laughter and son are again in school here. The family came home by way of Rochester, Minn., where they tarried for awhile. Mrs. Dr. hedges is able to he up again after a severe illness. is GOY. DIXON OPTIMISTIC. Pointing out the amazing agricul- tural development in Montana, Gov. Joseph M. Dixon, guest of honor at the Midland Empire fair on Gover- nor's (lay at Billings, and speaking to the largest crowd in the history of the fair, expressed the sincere belief that a better day is dawning for the farmers of the state. his address dealt exclusively with agricultural subjects. The address of the gover- nor carried an optimistic vein throughout. He expressed the belief that Montana had passed its critical periods, and that prosperous times were close at hand. Judging from the applause given him it was taken to indicate that the farmers received renewed encouragement from the gov- ernor's remarks, and that they were more determined than evr to remain loyal citizens of their home state. LONGHIIT STRING CASING. The Absaroka -Florence test well being drilled in Fallon county south of Baker, has the following string of casing set, says the Baker Sentinel: Five hundred forty feet of 90 per foot pound 20 -inch casing; 1435 ft. of 70 per ft. lb 15% casing; 2229 ft. of 50 per ft. lb 10 casing, and they are still' running the 8% -inch casing at a clIpth of over 3500 feet. Another claim is made that the longest string in the state except one of 12% -inch casing is 1470 feet, the Absaroka has 2229 feet of 12% -inch. This is without question the longest string of I2% -inch casing in the state of Montana, barring none, and as far as Baker people can learn, in this en- tire section of the country. Califor- nia may have this record equalled, but it is doubted. \HARD-BOILED\ HEARD FROM. BRONCHO DAYS SIDELIGHTS In the wild cow milking contest, Speelmon and Kisow cornered their animal down in front of the court house. The fact that Speelmon was formerly undersheriff and Kisow is now county • clerk •possibly led the critter to believe that this was • the only place where these IStys trans- acted business. Clerk of Court Campbell rode his steer and scratched with all he had. He says it is just as easy and pleas- ant as issuing marriage licenses. Dan Hedges and Principal West- phal of the high school came out on a wild steer double -deck. On the first attempt the professor found out a few things that never were put in the text books. The second attempt, however, proved successful. Among those conspicuous by their absence might be mentioned \Society Bill,\ the race horse owned by His - cock, who for years has never failed US. Jim Fitzgerald was reported miss- ing when the program started but appeared early in the last day. He rode in from the world renowned Powder river, to see the Dempsey - Gibbons fight pictures principally. The show being satisfactory all around, Jim started for California where he will spend the winter. Camp Crook and Harding county folks were here in ones, twos and in gangs, in fact the territory over the state line must have been pretty well de -populated on the big days. In the exhibition ride for the bene- fit of the Carter County high school, Walter Foster donned a football suit and qualified on the bronk. Some thought he was togged out for a hard fall. A purse of $29.50 was made up and Foster donated his services. Th.. horse did some wild bucking and the buckaroo made a good clean ride. The high school stand at the bell tower where they sold hot dogs, cof- fee and various kinds of refreshments *leaned up $110. Little Leo Phalen, the 11 -year -old broncho-buster, stirred the audience with his spectacular riding. He drawed down the only bareback ride of the show and with it a special purse collected among the buckaroos. He stuck like glue to everything he sat upon during the show. The electric light plant snorted, coughed and showed possible effects of the celebration during the . dance Saturday evening. Moonlight (lances came fast and often for a time. The (lances got the attendance, in fact a whole lot of folks went home the last night because of the crowded condition of the hall—which is going some for ol' Puptovrn. The Dempsey -Gibbons fight pic- tures showed to a fair-sized house, and there being no gates to break down, everybody that went in kicked through with the one dollar and ten cents. W. C. (\Hard -Boiled\) Smith writes from Helena that he is enjoying him- self even though under the watchful eyes of the government medical men at the veterans' hospital. lie does not know when he will be turned out, and seems to think he has a winter's job on hand where he is at. He finds it easy to land in a veterans' hospital but rather hard to get away, in fact he's got to follow Billy Freese's ad- vice and \do as he is told.\ The let- ter states that Ed. Wieting is being treated for lung trouble and that Dan Heffernan has been transferred to Minneapolis. \Smithy\ sent down his thanks to the Camp Fire girls for the offering of books and states that with a big Red Cross library at the hospital that it is unnecessary for the girls to send reading matter to him. It's going to be a long lonesome winter around the old burg if \Hard - Boiled\ fails to return, so our hopes are that the medical experts find it possible to ship him hack sooner than expected. Dr. Hedges says we may manage to get along somehow but that it won't be natural at all. Dick Nims of Maquoketa, Iowa, a brother of W. P. Nims, is a visitor in Ekalaka this week. He has bought a couple of carloads of range cattle to take east to feed up on Iowa corn, also a carload of horses. Another big combination sale at Nims' yards on Saturday, Oct. 6, 1:30 sharp. Bring in anything you wish to dispose of. Please list same before 12 o'clock on day of kale. A. E. Dague p 0 REGISTERED STOCK SALE. I will offer for sale at Nims' yards on Saturday, Oct. 6, eleven head of registered Whiteface cattle, consist- ing of 5 yearling bulls and 6 yearling heifers, all registered and the right kind. B. J. Burt. I te A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Alfred ',elide, a son of G. Lende of Tie creek, sustained a broken leg one day last week when his horse fell upon him. It Was a had break between the knee and ankle, and he lay on the ground a couple of hours before he was discovered. PRELIMINARY HEARING. Veli Chausse and Ed. Cosgrove, ac- cused of having intoxicating liquor unlawfully in their -possession on Sept. 8th, appeared before Justice E. M. Wilson of this place last Satur- day night. County Attorney Ray- mond Shelden appeared for the state. After listening to the testimony of both sides, Justice Wilson bound the two men over to the next term of disrict court under bonds of $500 each which were furnished. Cosgrove and Chausse were arrested by Undersher- iff Harrington and Deputy McKenzie at Boyes with part of a bottle of \white mule\ in their possession.— Alzada Fairplay. Henry J. McQuigfc, of the United States Indian service awl Everett Euneau were here SiAnday from Bel - court, N. D., and went out to look at some of the Indian allotment lands in the south part of the county. Miss Latham Is \Miss Carter II\ Miss Sara Latham was chosen the Princess to the court of the Queen of Montana which holds forth at the state fair in Helena this week. She will represent Carter county, being chosen by a very large majority by the subscribers of the Eagle during the contest that this paper has con- ducted during the past three wakIcS. Miss Latham entered the campaign at the start and made a very active campaign among the subscribers of this paper. That , her efforts were successful developed after the count- ing of the ballots last Friday eve- ning when the result was announced as follows: Miss Sara Latham, 72,250; Miss Naomi Sweeney, 20,400; Miss Wilma Sandy, 13,500. The chosen princess from Carter county is the very accomplished daughter of Mrs. M. Pendleton of the Long Pines vicinity and has every qualification to creditably represent in the Queen's court at Helena as \Miss Carter II.\ Being one of the most popular young ladies of eastern Montana it was highly fitting that the honor thus bestowed should go to her. • Miss Naomi Sweeney who carried the second highest number of votes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sweeney, a very popular girl among her acquaintances and one who can well be proud of the number of votes she received when it is considered that she was unable to carrry on an active - campaign owing to her school work. There is every possibility that Miss Sweeney will at some later date represent in our state capital as \Miss Carter.\ Miss Wilman Sandy received a very encouraging and complimentary vote, despite the fact that it was well known that 'she would \be unable to represent Carter county at this time owing to illness. Not being in the county during the entire campaign, but unde- the care of medical experts, her vote is certainly indicative of her popularity. A number of scattering votes were noticed by the judges, among those receiving votes being: Miss Jewel Ridgway, Miss Flossie Speelmon, Miss Francis' Hiscock and Miss Weal- thy Cleveland. The Eagle desires to thank the can- didates, the judges and our subscrib- ers who assisted in making the cam- paign a success. Miss Latham is a real Montana girl. She was born and grew up in the Long Pines territory, which is in east- ern Carter county. She is a graduate of the National high school, National City, Calif., where she attended a conservatory of music. She has been a teacher in the schools of both Car- ter and Fallon counties. If she is chosen queen at Helena she will grace the position admirably. CARNIVAL DANCE NEXT. Manager Feinstein of the Play House announces a big carnival dance for the evening of October 6th. As will be noticed by an ad elsewhere in this issue there is going to be sur- prises galore, prizes for everyone and all kinds of confetti, carnival hats, novelties and serpentine. A number of novelty dances will he introduced and altogether it promises to be one of the big events of the season. The admission will be the same old dollar with the ten cents war tax added. A largo attendance is ex- pected as bills and other advertising matter is being sent to all nearby camps. MEASLES IN TOWN. Quite a number are absent from school this week on account of sick- 'ness, the prevailing disease being measles. Ten cases have been re- ported to Dr. Wendell, health officer, and he reports that they are all doing well, and every precaution is being !taken to stamp out the disease. Ev- 'erybody should do all in their power to assist in this. A HOG ITEM. Frank Schallenberger who lives near Ekalaka, delivered six hogs in Baker the first of the week for which he received a check for $153.12. The hogs weighed 2460 pounds and sold for 1625. vr% ;es,
