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• • • la) • ! • VOLUMIE 3CVII ALZADA MAN DEAD FROM A TURN -OVER George Edward Leary of Alzada, was killed last Saturday while haul- ing a load of logs. The wagon went off the grade and upset. Leary was cought under the logs and crushed to death. The accident occurred a half -mile west of Alzada, a short distance east of the bridge crossing the Little Missouri river, on the Alzada-Piniele road. The story of the tragedy, as wc get it, is as follows: About 10 o'clock last Saturday morning Mr. Leary, driving a four - horse team, was approaching Alzada from the west. G. E. Skidmore, a driller who is employed at the Wolf Creek oil well, was leaving Alzada in a Ford sedan, headed for the well. When the two men met each turned to the left. Skidmore passed the team and wagon and went on his way. It is said the team became frightened at the car and tan off the grade causing the wagon to overturn. The grade at this place is high and • iaarrow and was quite elippery last Saturday. The kingbolt of the wagon came out and the horses ran away, having only the front wheels of the wagon with them. They ran into town and a number of people im- ixiediately hsuaened to the scene of the accident and found Leary lying dead under the heavy logs. It is be- lieve that death was instantaneous. It seems there Is no one living who sew the wagon upset. A boy named Archibald saw the horses shortly be- fore they left the grade. He says they appeared to be frightened and the loaders were leocking into the wheel horses.... Ile was nearly a half - mile away and didn't see what hap- pened later. A phone message was received in Fkalaka about 11 a. m. Saturday, and Coroner Putnam, accompanied by Undersheriff McKenzie, left for Al - zed* immediately after dinner. Some of the Alzada people believed that , Skidmore, the driver of the Ford, was more or less to blame for the accident, and it was thought best to impanel a coroner'e jury to inquire into the matter and get at the facts as nearly as possible. Eight witness- es were examined and their testi- mony did not all point in the same direction. Mr. Skdimore testified that Ole man driving the team turned to the left first and he was com- pelled to do the same. The jury de- liberated for eight houre and at 6 o'clock Sunday morning brought in the following verdict: We, the undersigned jurors, sum- .moned to appear before C. K. Put- man, the coroner of Carter county, Montana, at the confectionery store of Wilson & Leight, at Alzada, Mon- tana, on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1926, at 7:30 p. m., of said day, to enquire into the cause of death of George E. Leary, found lying dead beneath a load of logs, at side of graded road about forty rods west of the home of R. A. Selway, on Al- zada-Piniele road, in Carter county, Montana, do render thin verdict, to - wit: That the deceased came to his death by the overturning of a lum- ber wagon and loge, pinning the aid george E. Leary beneath; that ae the time the said George E. Leary was driving a four -horse team which took fright while passing an automobile driven by G. E. Skidrnore. JOHN BENNETT, Foreman E. A. ROZELLE, E. M. WILSON FORTES N. KING WM. F. CAREY E. C. TOWNSEND, Jurors. Mr. Leary was 40 years of age and was unmarried. He had lived in Al- sada and vicinity for ten years and owned a ranch near the town. Most of the time during his residence in this county he has been employed as a sheepherder. In the summer of 1919 he worked for a time for t'aul McLean, the present sheriff, on hia ranch northwest of Ekalaka. It is ;Aid that he was a hard worker and a good man to have around a farm. He had relatives in Minnesota and the body was shipped to that stte for burial. G. E. Skidmore, the driv- T er of the Ford car, is a resident of Baker and has been working as a driller at the gas wells in that vi- cinity. 4.0111•11. 0 611 , • OFFICIAL NEWSPAPHR OF CARTER - COUNTY :4k*Attikkiks-0 ,, EKALAKA, Carter County, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1925 ANOTHER OIL WELL IN SOUTHERN CARTER • — Work on the prospect well being drijled by the C. -M. Syndicate be- tween Alzada and Piniele is progress- ing satisfactorily. Another oil well s is soon to be spudded in in southern Carter county, west of Alzada. Messrs Jay and Grubl are prepar- ing to drill for oil in the Thompson creek structure west of Alzada, says the Fairplay. They are moving their drilling rig from the Chicago Creek well this week, and will spud in a test hole on the King lease, or prop- erty now occupied by E. M. Hale. A larger rig that the two gentlemen purchased a few months ago will be ehipped here from the Osage fields and erected on a government permit a short isdtance from the one well. Mr. Grubl informs us that they ex- pect to reach the Muddy or oil bear- ing sands, at 800 feet on the King place, and at a depth of 1600 feet on the permit. The gentlemen have se- cured enough financial backing to in- sure no delay in their operations from lack of capital. Barring any eerious trouble which might arise, un- looked for at the present time, they expect to have the two wells com- p!eted by the first of next year. Wouldn't a gusher of oil along about Clihristmas time be a mighty fine present for the people \eouth of Baker?\ Go to it, gentlemen. MRS. GEORGE VINTON DIES Mrs. Gladys Vinton, wife of George Vinton, court reporter in Judge Felt's court, died in Miles City on Sunday, October 26. Following an illness of about six weeks she was brought to Miles Ctiy for medical attention and feiled to rally after an operation. Mrs. Vinton, says the Miles City Star, had been a resident of Miles City and Baker since 1913 when she came to Oriffite with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Peshia. Be- sides her parents and sister, Mrs. H. Barthell of this city, there is sur- viving her husband, and little Helen May, five and a half years of age. The passing of Mrs. •Vinton is re- ceived with a distinct shock both in Miles City and Baker, where ithe was held in high esteem. She was an ex- emplary young woman, devoted to thc interests of her family and her death has cauxed a deep sorrow in the hearts of her relatives and large c:rcle of friends, who extend gym- pethy to and condolences to the be - reeved relatives. MONTANA A RADIO STATE That Montana farmers appreciate the radio is indicated by the July 1 report of the United States depart- ment of agriculture on the number of radios on farms in the United States. The report shows that 14.6 per cent of the farmers of Montana had radio sets as compared to 8.6 per cent for the entire country. The total number of radios on farms in Montana was 8,370 as compared to 663,003 for the nalion. The increase in the use of radios ln Montana farms for the year ending July 1 wits 210 per cent, while there was but a 51 per cent increase for the nation. Montana'e geographical position '8 a matter that must be considered in this connection. Simple receiving sets, such as can be used successfully in statee located - near broadcasting centere, are useless in Montana. Here, only multiple tube, expensive seta, capable of receiving messages from far-off broadcasting stations, are used. The increased use of radio by farm- ers and the development that is tak- ing place both in sending and receiv- ing, indicates that the radio will have to be reckoned in future educational programs, says J. C. Taylor, director of the Montana extension service. Mr. Taylor believes that it is but a mat- ter of time before the radio will be used as another arn1 of the extension service in bringing information direzt to the farmer and carrying out' the program of agricultural development. DUMONT CO:INCORPORATES Articles of incorporation have been issued to the Dumont Company at Camp Crook, S. D. The company was incorporated for the purpose of sell- ing general merchandise and dairy produce, by Charles Dumont, William McDonald and James A. Dumont. 'The company was incorporated for $25,000. Can't Fool Him This Year KILLED BY A BULL Charles Willen, a rancher living a short distance north of Camp Crook, near the Montana state line. wall gcred by a bull last Saturday evening about 5 .o'clock and died of his in- juries the same night. Mr. Willen, it is reporter!, hal been wcrking in a •:tial mine during the day and in the evening saw a bull lying down and rode up thinking. the animal might be sick or injured. The bull, which belonged to Orley Aloody, charged Willen anti gored him se- verely. Ile was taken to the Camp Crook hospital where he (lied of his injuries shortly before midnight. There being no undertaker in Camp Crook, C. K. Putnam of Ekalaka, was called over the phone early Sun- day morning. Air. Putnam who is the county coroner, had not returned from Almada where he went to hold an inquest over the body of George Leary. When he retutned he went t, the Willen home an:I prepared the body for burial. A brother of the unfortunate man came fiont Oregon and the body was shipped to that state for burial. Mr. Willett was about 85 years of age and leaves a wife and two chil- dren, the eldest about seven. His wife before her marriage was Miss Myrle Jennings. She is a sister of Airs. Orla Moody and Mrs. Jay Buck. Other relatives of the deceas- ed live in Oregon. COURT CONVENES NOV. 17 The next session of the district court will convene in Ekalaka on Nov. 17, at which time a jury will be drawn and a calendar fixed for the next jury term of court, in which one murder case and some other ci iminal cases will probably be tried. TEACHERS MEET AT MILES The pupils of the Carter County High school are enjoying a short Va- cation this week. The entire high school faculty and W. Rowley, sup- erintendent of the grade schools, left Wednesday noon for Miles City to attend the Eastern Montana Division of the Montana Educational associa- tion which holds a three days ses- sion October 29, 30 and 31. Governor J. E. Erickson and a number of the leading educators of the state are billed to address the assemblage. It is expected that 800 teachers will at- tend the meeting. STATE NURSE COMING Miss Ann Waring, district field nurse of the state board of health will be in Ekalaka on November 9 land 10 for the purpose of discussing health probleme in the . public schools at the teachers' group meetings set for these two days. The public is invited to attend these programs and we feel sure that mothers will be in- terested in - what Miss Waring has to say. On November 14 Miss Waring will hold a conference for babies and children under school age, which pro- s g c r h a o m ol wbui place in the grade The play, \The Searlet West\ shown at the local Play House on last Saturday and Sunday drew large crowds, And all were plensed with the great ,western drama. The ex- cellent music by FOrde's orchestra added much to the success of the play. . ;, leason.\ SEVERE COLD WAVE A large portion of the United State was held in the grip of a cold wave on Wednesday night, and ac- cording to reports received over the radio and from the dailies this sec- tion was specially favored (?) Up- to-date Rapid City, S. D., held the record with 14 degrees below zero, kind Ekalaka with 13 degrees below stood second, and Miles City third, with 8 below. The warniest here on Wednesday was 1:3 above zero. To- day (Thursday) is a fine winter day with the mercury only about 5 below freezing point. Not nitich snow here, but Helena reports g inches and Butte 10 inches. CHICKEN PIE SUPPER 1. 4 , e hicken pie supper will be serv- ed at midnight at the Belltower schoolhouse on Saturday, November 7. A program beginning at 8 o'clock followed by an auction sale and games will precede the supper. The proceeds of the evening will be given to Rev. Sipes to show their apprecia- tion of his work in that part of the ceuntry. Everyone is cordially in- vited to attend and spend an enjoy- able evening. FIVE DAYS TO FILM FIGHT Milton Sills and Noah Beery, rrincipala in Jesse D. Hampton's plc- tutization of \The Spoilers,\ claim tin world's championship in the long distance fighting handicap. Sills, playing the role of Glennister, and Beery in the role of McNamara, Lattled five straight days, shed quan- tities of real gore and received more black and blue spots than there are on a Chinese lottery ticket before they satisfied Director Lambert Hill- yer. They were taking scenes in the fight which occurs between the two cnemies in Rex Beach's novel, \The Sroilers,\ which comes next Wednes- day, November 4, to the Playhouse, and were determined to outdo the famous screen battle staged by Wil- lean Farnum and Tom Sanschi in a film version of the book made ten cars ago. Jack Kinsey was in'town last Sat- urday with some apples which were tent to him by \Nigger\ Donnely, a &rifler resident of these parts, but ncw living at Hagerman, Idaho. Jack uas instructed to give two of the np- rles to Geo. Boggs and two to Doc Hedges. They were whoppers, meas- ut ing 14 inches in circumference and weighing a pound each. People evidently read the ads in tFc Eagle. One correspondent writes: \We are Romewhat puzzled by A. E. Daeue's ad in the Eagle. If the owner of mules is going 'to be cheat- ed, what difference does it make who does 'the cheating?\ Dague, the mule buyer, says they should come to him for the sake of patronizing home industries and saving freight. 0. A. Rose, of Jamestown, N. D., been spending the week with his uncle, Wm. Riley, an old resident of Ithis neighborhood. Mr. Rose visited I his uncle here once before, in 1922. ? Ile went from here to Spearfish to his sister, Mrs. Sam Moen. -o ' I The largest phonograph manufac- Iturers have all adopted the \Radiola\ for their combination sets. ---\There's HISTORICA L 8000krr • A-r - OF MONTANA', HE LENA - STATE PROSPERS, SAYS GOVERNOR' ERICKSON \The present year is showing Mon- tana forging steadily ahead and the indications all point to a better year for 1926,\ said Governor J. E. Erick- son in an address at Butte where . lie went to receive the Odin degree in the Scandinaivian fraternity. \The crops, averaged throughout Alootanit, were wonde-fu!\ said. pro!(,ts for onr stite's ad- vancement are under way. The met- al market, especially for •iilver, zinc and copper, gives promis.: of a steady if slow advance, and all in all, Mon- ttina is in good shape and getting bc tter.\ The premature winter weather throughout Montana has been a blow to farmers in some sections who fail- ed to thresh early and in some parts of the state the early bad weather has caused a loss in sugar beets, he said. \Butte looks prosperous as usual,\ cencluded the chief executive. \Yes Montana has passed through the dark clouds of depression and is steadly forgirjg ahead.\ EWES BRING $16. According to a dispatch from Dillon the record price since the war for sheep in that section was recent- ly paid to Otto Schulz and son, of Sheridan, for 5500 head of Ramouillet ewes, two -year -olds. The ewes brought their owners $16 per head and were purchased by J. Cook of New Hampshire. The ewes are range sheep,' but of a high quality strain. Mx. Schulz and his sun last year paid the top price :tt a Salt Lake C!ty stock show fot cwt., pure bred I:um bouillet rams, and their stock is al- ways of the best. In addition to breaking the record price the two car loads of sheep are believed to com- prise the largest shipment ever ntade to so far distant a point as New I fainpshi re. SEES I.AND REVIVAI. \Sheep came back two years ago, hogs came back last year, cattle have made a remarkable comeback thirj year—the next thing will be land.' This was the assertion of S. Mc- Kennan, president of the Union Bank & Trust Company of Helena, who was ir. Great Falls on hie way to Chinook to attend the formal opening of the sugar factory. \The increasing interest in land iF Lecoming ever apparent,\ Mr. Mc - Kerman continued, \and the time if• rapidly approaching when the de mand for Montana land will be pro flounced. \The upward trend of the catth markei this year ie certainly encour aging. Montana cattle have bmughi as high as 311.50 a hundred this sea s•on. I had a letter today from a mat who shipped 2,000 steers and reedy. ed $88 each for them.\ BIG ALFALFA PROFITS Approximately $6,000 will be reeal ized by Mike Pestka, a farmer neat Cohngen in southern Garfield court. ty, 65 iniles from a railroad point from his 30 -acre field of alfalfa that he has harvested and threshed fof the seed, it being registered Grimm. Unfavorable weather conditions haw ieterfered with his threshing opera. tions, says Mr. Pestka, having bee compelled to delay threshing 20 aci after putting 10 acres of alfali through that yielded 101% busle. 0 Mr. Pestka has an individual irriv tion system installed on his ranch. liEATII TAKES ISMAY PUBLISHERS' MOTO KR Mrs. Elizabeth Broman. mother of Waldo and Vedi K. Bremen, publish- ers of the Ismay Journal, died on Sat- urday at the age of 72 years . . She had been confined to her home foy' four years as the result of injuries sustained in an accident. Mrs. Bro- nian had been a resident of south eastern Montana for the last 11 years. She is survived by six chil : - dren. The body was shipped to Sioux Falls for burial. 1).-•••••••••.••-. A coroner's jury at Sioux Falls has cleared of blame a policeman who shot fi bootlegger with fatal resultA. That was a sane -minded jury. To !lave decided oiherwise would. have furnished encouragement to the boot- legging element, and it needs none.— Ynnkton Dakotan. NUMBER 44 CATTLE FROM HERE TOP THE MARKET Reports from livestock shipping agencies in the state report that Montana beeves this fall are \top- ping the market.\ They are doing this at Chicago against all competi- tors, and Eastern buyers of cattle are making it a point to secure stock fremi this state. Lately the Milwau- kee district freight and passenger agent, J. J. Foley, according to a news story from Miles City, made the astonishing statement that 300 carloads of Montaha cattle shipped over the Milwaukee line this, fall had brought top prices in the Chicago market. Mr. Foley's talk about the cattle shipments and prices received was most enthusiastic, and contained the following: \We are in the midst of one of the largest cattle movements since the construction of the Milwaukee rail- road through Montana, and I want to st.ys that never in all my experience have I seen finer cattle than those shipped out from points on this di- vision in the last month. Our lint trainload. of Montana beef steers went into Chicago stockpards against 16,000 head of v..estern range stock and we took the top prices. They are looking for Montana steers down in Chicago /just as they are looking for Montana wheat in Minneapolis. Montana range stock is in the prime of condition this fall. Grass and water have been wonderful and I do not' believe these ranges ever put off finer stock than this year. It is an education for any man to see these beeves as they are loaded into the cars.\ Reports of this kind relative to the cattle industry in Montana differ sharply from those upon the same subject received (luring the past three or four years, and indicate that cat- tle growers of the state are on their way back to relative prosperity. Beef prices in the stock markets of the country have been good of late, and some students of the livestock in- duetries of the United St - ates pre- dict good times for beef producers for the next several years. The con- dition this fall, at all events, is more satisfactory than for a long time.— Montana Record -Herald. UDR DER -CA RTER WEDDING The marriage of Lester Border to Miss Julia Carter, daughter of Mr. lnd Mrs. Jack Carter of the Long Eine hills, was solemnized at the Carter home Wednesday, by the Methodist pastor of Belle Fourche. The groom is well known and corn- ) onds the respect of all. The bride 's a very highly respected young 'tidy and has a large acquaintance in this neighborhood. That they may 'we happily and prosper is the wish all their friends. The minister of Belle Fourche was brought out by L. E, Border, a broth- er of the groom. In the evening a dance was given st the John Wheat home, which was enjoyed by all.—Camp Crook Gazette. GROUP MEETING DATE AT (11ALK BUTTES CHANGED The state educational department FAA changed the teachers' group weeting date at the Chalk Buttes to a one day session instead of two days cs previously advertised. The one ;ay session will be on November 12. Ben II. Stiegelmeier, of Java, N. D v as in town a couple of days this week. He is thinking of -going into tusines1 here. He has been here h4ore and is impressed with the fact that this is one good town, and a good place to locate. -The Baker Advocate says that Tom Fordo Ekalaka celebrated his 1 - ;rthday in Baker by beating Mr. Lushton in the golf tournament. Lvidently Tom's hand has not lost its cunning since' he pitched his tent Puptown. Bob Renshaw of Elgin, And his , ther, A. W. Renshaw, were in town :•Iduiday. The senior Renshaw re- c,ntly came to Montana .from Okla- I.cma, reversing the habits of the birds that go south in the fall. ••• .•
