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• 4 • • VOLUME XVII s OFFICIAL NEWSPAPBR OF CARTER COUNTY TURKEY CROP SHORT lkistoPitbM. *oat ET Y . OF MON TA A, VIELtIVA. EKALAICA, Carter Couaty, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1925 • NUMBER 47 JURY TERM DEC. 14 A Chicago dispatch states that District Court convened in Ekalalta on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Judge Felt pre- siding; George Vinton, court stenog- rapher; H. B. Campbell, clerk of the above entitled court. A number of default judgments were rendered and some probate matters passed upon. The December term of the district court was set for December 14, at 9 o 'cl o ck a.m. Forty jurors have been drawn 'for the opening of the term. The following criminal cases were set for trial: Dec. 14, 10 a. rd.—State vs, good. Attorneys: Farr, Poole Tracy. Dec. 16, 9 a. m.—State vs. Dowell. Attorneys: Farr, 'Poole Tracy; McCutcheon, Pickering. Dec. 17, 9 a. tn.—State vs. Roberts. Attorneys: Poole and 'rracy; Shelden. Dec. 17, 1:30 p. ni.--State vs. Speiser. Attorneys: Poole and Trary;; Wheeler. Dec. 18, 9 a. m.—State vs. Oliver; Poole and Tracy. The main interest in the cumitig session of court centers in the mur- der trial. Frank Osgood of P' iele is charged with the murder of Red\ Johnson on the morning of ne 26, 1)25, at a dance at the Ah rich hail, four miles south of I'iniele. Osgood and Johnson got into u mixup about 3 a.m., outside of the hall and 03- . good shot Johnson through the body, the latter dying of the wound four days later in the Belle Fourche hos- pital \Poker Jim\ Roberts of Pinicle, charged with horse stealing. D. E. (\l'ex\) McDowell of _Al- zada, win be tried on the charge of stealing sheep, the complainant being Ami Zimmerman. Wsn. Speiliereef ,Ohaitk , fluttes, is charged with stealing wheat from a granary, the complainant titing Ed. Stoltenberg. James Oliver is charged wit h shooting stock belonging to John Benjamin. Both Oliver and Benja- min are prominent well,to.elo resi- dents of the Albion neighborhood. There is one civil case on the doc's- et, Peter Mintener Lumber Co. vs. School District No. 56. Walker 'a, Nelstead are attorneys for the plain- tiff and Poole & Tracy for the tle- Os- and Mc - and there is a crop shortage of almost 50 per cent in Thanksgiving turkeys, but prices will be only a few cents a pound higher than last year, com- pission men said. The largest pro - I ducing center, Texas and adjacent ts rritory, has a good crop of grass I.oppers, one of the chief items of turkey diet in that section, but tur- key ranchers produced only half as many birds as last year, when prices :,agged under the heavy production to as low as 15 cents. a pound, live, te the grower. In Chicago a turkey will cost aiound 58 cents a pound at the cor- ner grocery store, about five cents higher than last year. In the nortwestern state of Min- nesota, the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming, which raise about one- rourt of the country's supply, un- favorable weather killed most of the early hatched birds; and that section is about 40 per cent short of last yean S. E. MONTANA FAIR Miles City has decided to hold a southeastern Montana fair next fall. A large number of business men have assured the county commissioners of their support in putting the project across The tentative program calls for an outlay of $17,000, of which sum the county is to provide $8,500. The re- maining $8,500 will be obtained through the sale of 2,000 season tickets ab 31.50 each, a 32,500 fund raised by the business men, and from gate and miscellaneoUs receipts HORSES ROUNDED UP R. B. Rolfe, forest ranger for the Ekalaka divibion of the Custer Na- Cone) feE g est, has rounded up 90 head ef hoilaes found in the forest, and those not redeemed by the owners will be sold at auction at Frank Buck's ranch on Dec. 12. It is said that there are about 100 more stray nngs still roaming the forest. See notice of sale and description of brands in this issue of the Eagle. CHURCH NOTES On second count it was found that we just lacked one of having a hun- dred at Sunday school last Sunday. fense. This promises to be quite a Next Sunday, John Sweeney's claes lengthy term of court with a num- eiebovs will have charge of the open- ber of importand and hard fought Cxercises. legal battles: There will be no preaching services at the clturch next Sunay morningd as the pastor will hold a service at Ridgway at 11 o'clock and another at Beiltower at 2:30. The leader for Christian Endeavor ncxt Sunday night at 6:80 is Edward N:cKenzie and the subject is \God's Bounties; How Can We Share Them With Others?\ The young people ere especially invited. This is the night for the monthly collection. The service next Sunday night will ht. a Thanksgiving service and there will be special music. Everyone is uiged to attend. A ThanksgiVing service and com- munity dinner. will be held at Fair- view school on Thanksgiving day. Airs. Dennis is the teacher at this school. The mid -week service is being well attended and is much enjoyed by all. It begins each Thursday night at 7:30. You are invited. The following cradle roll report 'was presented by Mrs. Vedell to the Sunday school last Sunday: Members Enrolled at beginning of October, 129; rew members enrolled, 2; one mem- ber promoted to Sunday school; one member lost by death; number 'now cr roll, 129. On Sunday afternoon, -Nov. 29; at 2:30, Rev. Sipes will conduct a. sers- ice at the Big Hill school. Four officers of the Christian En- deavor were elected as delegates to the _Christian Endeavor convention of eastern Montana to be held in Miles City next Saturday and Sunday. If the weather permits five delegates will leave Friday by car. 0 ---- STORES TO CLOSE THANKSGIVING DAY IN'I'ERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Leading livestock breeders in west- ern states will send strong entries of their animals to the Intonational Livestock Exposition to be held in Chicago, November 28 to December 5. Among the Montana exhibitors will be A. B. Cook of Townsend vat° will send 17 Herefords. King Bro , .. company of Laramie, Wyoming, v..111 send 20 Rambouillets, and the Swan Land & Cat* company. of Chug - water, Wyo., has entered a lord of western lambs. FINE NOVEMBER WEA f lifElt We have been blessed with another week of delightful November weath- er. The mercury has been in the 40s land part of the time in the 50s. The farmers ,have had a good spell of weather to finish their threshing and flax harveet and do their freight- ing. In fact, no one could ask for nicer November weather. INFORMATION WANTED Apparently confused by the multi- tudes of advice -giving pamphlets is- sued by the agriculture departMent, Albert O. Deming of Oswego. Kan., appealed to the department for in- formation of \how to put on a shirt, eat an apple, peel potatoes, shovel coal, wash a dog and pick a chicken.\ 'fhe department did have a bulletin on how to pick a chicken. The de- partment should get busy and get out the pamphlets called for. Secre- tary Jardine is from Kansss and should pay special attention to the demands of the Kansans. Stanley Wells and family left Sat- urday for Scobey and Whitetail in the northeastern part of the state, where they will bisit relatives for a few weeks. Oscar Williams will officiate as conductor on the Ridg-• Pway mail route during Stanley's ab- sence. By mutual agreement, nearly all of the merchants in Ekalaka will,close their stores on Thanksgiving day at 11 o'clock a. m. This will give all the clerks an opportunity t o tak e en i n _ vitations for a turkey feed and will assure them of a big rest immediately after the. \battle.\ The Wrong Kind of Bait NOT \RED CROSS\ SEALS Calling the little penny Christntas Seals \Red Cross Stamp.s\ is a mis- take. The Christmas Seals now have no connection with the Red Cross or with Ated Cross work. Once they did have. In 1907 an article in the \Outlook\ regarding the use of a Christmas Seal in Norway for tuberculosis work, in- terested Miss Emily Bissel of Wil- mington, Del. She had some stamps designed and promoted a very suc- cessful, although small, sale, the pro- ceeds of which were used to build up a small tuberculosis sanatarium. Sub- sequently, in order to secure the ex- tension of the plan Miss Bissel se- cured the co-operation of the Red Cross organization. Beginning in 1908 the Red Cross organization had the seals designed and printed, helped sell thern, and turned a share of the proceeds over to the National Tuberculosis associa- tion which id most of the selling. This partnership continued until 1919. Then the two organizations made a friendly agreement whereby all rights to the Christmas Seal were turned over to the Tuberculosis association, while the Red Cross adopted the \Membership Drive\ as a means of the mountains. We came through raising revenues. The historical connection of the two organization, coupled with the fact that there is a red, though double barred, cross on the stamps, causes the confusion. It may be hard to get it across to the general public that a stamp which has a red double barred cross on it is not a \Red Cross Stamp.\ But such is the case, and everyone should get it straight, be- cause as long as the misunderstand- ing exists some will suppose they are giving twice to the Red Cross. MRS. KENNETH McKENZIE, Assistant Chairman, Ekalaka. ACCUSED OF MURDER Mrs. Nellie Ottinger will be brought into district court in Miles City on the morning of Nobember 30 to stand trial for murder. She stands accused of poisoning her husband, Arthur Z. Ottinger, who died in Miles City May 2, 1924. The woman in- formed Judge McKinnon that she did not have sufficient funds' to employ an attorney and Dan O'Hern watt ap- pointed to defend her. There are twelve criminal and twenty-three civil cases set for hearing. Sixty-five jurors have been drawn for the open- ing of the term. WRITES FROM IDAHO OLD DOBBIN DIES HARD Prophets who predicted the com- plete disappearnce of the horse in industry are learning that the horse is staging a comeback and in man's , places is replacing the motor truck. Large trucking companies have reached the conclusion that horses are more economical to maintain for short hauls than motor cars. Harry N. Taylor, president of the S. Trucking Co., says: \Trucking rates in New York City ere based on the time taken to make the delivery rather than on the dis- tance hauled.\ That means, according to figures compiled by various companies, every time a motor truck is idle or stopped it. a traffic jam it costs the company three times as much as if a horse - driven wagon were used. However, the motor truck remains Ls the best transportation facility over long distances. But in the mean- time more and better horses are being bred to meet the increased de- mand for economical drayage. Mr. and Airs. Peter Goeders of Belltower, were trading in Ekalaka Tuesday. Mr. Goeders is an old-time blacksmith and has had a shop on his farm for a good many years, but there is not as much work for a . blacksmith as there once was. The population of his neighborhood has declined, and auto trucks, and trac- tors have taken the place of horses. J. H. Wheat from the Long Pines, was calling on the. county treasurer Saturday. Harold Shults writes us a few lines from Hagerman, Idaho. Ile says: \I am writing to let you know where to etisd our Eagle. We are in a valley along the Snake river about 25 miles from Twin Falls, and it is like sum- mer except at nights when it gets cool. But there are lots of apples here piled out in the orchards that haven't been frozen. \We discarded our overshoes and heavy clothes when we got here, but they sure came in handy coming over snoar and mud and below zero weath- er, but the roads are dusty here and ir fine shape. We are going to spend the winter here and I think many more. Enclosed find check for re- newal of subscription fo the Eagle. \HAROLD SHULTS.\ ELGIN The fine weather of the past two weeks has enabled the majority of the farmers to get their corn husked. The raajority of the Elgin neigh- borhood attended the Strain sale last Thursday. Herbie Holt came over froni Broad - us' Thursday and visited at the home of his uncle, Geo. Thomas, for few days. Chas. Hubbard returned home Wed- nesday from Sabannah, Mo., where hc has been taking treatment for the past month. Ed Sutton and \Totem Hubbard have been hauling lumber from the Hall sawmill. Wilford Kennedy hauled ti truck load of spuds to Baker Thursday for the Kingsley brothers. Ed Primmer was renewing old ac- quaintances in this neighborhood last week. Mr. Primmer has been stock- ing up and intends to move onto his ranch which he will farm next spring. The Cleveland boys purchased a new Ford touring car last week. Dick Peabody has been hauling coal for the schoolhouses in District 31 Mt' past week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Talkington vis-. ited at the Jas. Hubbard home Sun- day. Lou Arpan purchased 100 head of ewes last week. Air. Arpan will soon be classed with the big sheep men. .Mrs. Eds./in Ackley came over from Coal creek Friday night and spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phalen, Audber Gross and Joe Majors are husking corn for Geo. Thomas. We have just beetk informed that Mr. and Mrs. Bill Higlit of Baker are. the proud parents of a baby boy. Mr. and Mts. Hight formerly lived near Elgin. We extend congratulations. This summer has proved that there is some talk of other one next year. 'THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION President Coolidge has issued his Thanksgiving , 'proclamation. After enumerating the many things for which we should be thankful, the president concludes: \As we have grown and prospered in material things, so also should we progress in moral and spiritual things. We are a God-fearing peo- ple who should aet ourselves against evil and strive for righteousness in living, and, observing. the Golden Rule, we should from our abundance help and serve those - less fortunately placed. We should bow in gratitude to God for His many favora. \Now therefore, I, Calvin 0::,1- ic!ge, president of the 'United States hereby .set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November, next,, as a day of general' thanksgiving and prayer and I recomniend that on that day the people cease from- their work and, in their homes or in their accustomed 'daces of worship, devoutly give thanks to the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have re- ceived, and to seek His Guidance that they may deserve a continuance of His favor. \In witness tihereof I huve here- tnito set my hand anti caused the seal of the United States t af- fixed. \By the President: \CALVIN COOLIDGE.\ LAKESIDE (Too late for last week.) Peter Loehding who has been at home for several months returned to Helena Sunday. Mrs. Howard Hamilton went to Bake) on a' shopping tour. Saturday. Perle Hufford took a load of hog: to Baker for Geo. Sandon Satur !ay George accompanied hint fur a joy(?) ride. Mr..and Mrs. Walter Pettbedy., an family visited at the Arnold firandle. home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rose and family ot Big Hill vicinity spent i Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Claus Kortum of Lakeside. Mims Ruth Sandon is helping with the household duties at the lustre of Mr. and Mrs. John LaRue in the vi- i cinity of Batzel. Mrs. EaRue is con- valescing front an operAtion fel goitre tit Rochester, Minn. Miss Lydia Alders went to Ekalake Sunday to be in attendance at th teachers' convention. Her pupile r vacation until Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mile Geo. Sandell end Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sandon tnade a trip to Batzel returning with the [muse hold goods for the latter. They ar now living on Miss Pauline Kebaugh' place having remodeled the house ts cently making a very cozy home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard liansiite and children Fpent Weilnesdee i ing relatives and friends in :he Hill neighborhood. They )(Tot: very pleasant time. r (This week.) Geo. Sandon and son Merle helping Glenn Peabedy with hi, cot husking. Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Peabody Red at the home of his sister, anti Mrs. Chas. laprath of S-skes. Sunday. Several from Lakeside weie at tendance at the A. F. Strain salt am report high prices, especially for live stock. The latest move in this neighbor hood was the organizati..a of ths Pershing Communi•y Club. The fol lowing officers were elertel: J. I Wroe, president; Hans StenFet.h. president; Merle Sandon, t y. and Mrs. Sam Penn treasurer. The first meeting was held hist Fri lay night, when twenty-two meniliers were secured and there isn't a doub' hut there will be many more ranks in the near future. Plan: awl preparations were made a Thanksgiving ptogram and .Isne Friday night, Nov.'27. (Don't forge. the date.) Airs. Merle Sardor. Lydia Ahlers and Mrs. Sam l'eee the program' committee, coesstessn':s tvg are looking for sallied:ins . v.-orth while. \Business before plen..m?t.\ the motto: after n11 busineFs al ' Ai) posed of. card playing was iniluilred in until the call, \The (offet..3 ready.\ wns heard. After ev- ceyone joined in the merry dance until the wee hours when all (len:vi- ed with bAt wHies for the , w.ce-:s cf the club. so populor having an- Lou Sigler of •Sykes was in town Tues:lay. STATE PROSPERING Proof of Montana's prosperity should put the pessimist to route, in the opinion of A. Arnaton, who has recently returned from sk through the Middle West, says the Billings Gazette. He asserts that ' condition*. in this state are much better than in any other state of the Northwest. \Of all the great commonwealths, Montana is pre-eminently in the lead as an agricultural state,\ says Mr. At•nston. \Comparative statistics will bear me out in this. In 1928, Mon- tana had $85,000,000 of farm mort- gage indebtedness, but in 1924 350,- 000,000 of this had been paid ,off. In 1924 Montana banks were bortowers from jhe federal reserve system to the extent of $50,000,000. In August of this year but $7,000,000 of this sum remained unpaid. Few of us appreciate what it really means to stribilize the credit of the state in this manner. In two years Monna has paid to the outside world $99,- 000,000. In view of the fact that Montana's population is about half a million it is astonishing that such liquidation has been made.\ During his visit to the middle west, Mr. Arnston says, he became con- vinced of the impossibility of the tenant farmer makng both ends meet wjtile paying from $X2 to 118 per acre rental for the land. \In Iowa, for example,\ he said, \about 80 per cent of the farmers are tenant farm- ers and they haven't a chance in the world to break even.\ All eyes are centered on Montana. Mr. Arruston declared. He oaid he had opportunity to tell many in the middle west that Montana extends a ci.rdial invitation to them to come her and aid in development of the state% resouttet - Mr. Arnsbon predicted extensive immigration to this state. TO PRINT EARLY NEXT WEEK The Eagle will be printed on Wed- nesday of next week, in order to give the force a lay-off on Thanksgiving day. Advertisers will please note this change and send in copy accord- ingly. EAST SIDE ITEMS The O. L Major family moved on Wednesday to the Frank Strain farm le Prairie Dale, which they have rent- ed for the coming year. Mrs. John Gross, Jr., visited the East SIde school Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lenihan were szhool visitors on Wednesday after- noon, taking the• teacher, Mrs. Pea- body, home to spend the night with them. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Jahn McNarie has had to go to Eka- kite this week for medical treatment, and hope for speedy improvement. Lawrence Fowler was a caller at the Homer Pulse home on Tuesday. Nit-. and Mrs'. J. F. Lenihan and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Peabody visited in Prairie Dale on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Cornish. John Rudloff began work this week on a new house for Frank Bloes of the Arp neighborhood. John Gross, Jr., finished threshing ' a:falfa this week and pulled his rig. home. The total run for the season was; wheat 8484 bushels; oats, 7175 Issshels; barley, 1529 bushels; rye, 531 bushels; speltz, 197 bushels; mil- let, 7 bushels; cow peas, 6 bushels; sweet clover 63 bushels, and alfalfa, 1096 bushels. This was all except ebout two-thirchs of tbe alfalfa threshed along the Box Elder between and Belltower and while the territory is large enough the land in cultivation is small compared to the erea covered and taking into consid- eration that many frill; are lying idle and the hot winds in July and the unusually inclement weather this fall the yield speaks very well for those farmers who are sticking to their farms instead of chasing rain- bows elsewhere. Lee Castleberry returned Monday fmm Bassett, Nebraska, where he went several weeks ago with Bert Cross. The latter took a bunch of I.orses to Basset.to winter, with the intent ion ef selling them in the fpring. Bassett is located in a taut- ens hay country. '\f• '
