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• • 5 , • VOL. I. NO. 14. t stf:. Melstone is Situated on the Big Bentfoi the iduveeleisell River in the Famous Musselshell Valley Whore Farms ant Among the Beat in the Northwe t MELSTONE, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, KONTANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1912. • $2.90 PER YEAR. PROCEEDINGS OF THE DISTRICT COURT New Law Gives One Year for Stockmen to Comply • QRIMINAL CASI S. State vs. Thos. Wharton, Lewis Blackburn, Bert Houghton. Whar- ton pleaded guilty; sentenced to two and half years. • State vs. Geo. Stubler, fornica- tion, plead guilty, fined $100. State vs 'John Anderson, misde- meanor, guilty, fined $100. State vs C. E. Potter, extortion, guilty, one year. • State vs J. W. Draper, extortion acquitted. State vs A. K. McLeish, assault, guilty, $200 and costs of prosecu- tion. - atate vs John Dyer, extortion ease dismissed. State vs Emil Peterson, grand larceny, acquitted. State vs E. J. Mahoney,- Burg- lary, 1 year and. 6 months. State vs Robert Barnes, mis- demeanor, fined $50. State vs R. E. Delaney, assault, acquitted. State vs E. C. Crisp, 1 year. Morris Zetzer lot out on Haoeas Corpus, but, was .immediately . re- arrested. 'Bail sot at $1060. . ' DIVORCES GRANTEE/ Madge Hohle vs George Hohlo, Jas. S. Somber Vs Tetcatta Somber Adelaide Froeglia vs Joe Froeglia, Mary .Sullivan ve Dan Sullivan, Peter Morase vs Minnie Morass, Marie Dovrsky vs Edward Dovrsky Elizabeth Liddell vs Wm. Liddell, Pearl Allen vi William Allen, Har, riot Thoraption Vilamitk Thompson CIVIL . CASES • Chas. Smith vs A. A. Holiday L. A. Mason, judgment for $170.80 Kosto Nickoloff, et al vs E. B. Car- ter, First National Bank -and F. A. Mason, judgment for $853.49. W. C. Jenizen V8 C. M. &.1 5 . S. dismissed as settled. S. H. Ramsell vs Albert Sella\)- . der, carried to March term. Edward S. Taylor vs Rudolph 13abler, rarried to March term. A. J. Lowe ha A. R. Hagar, car- ried to March term. Terms of Court of Mussel Coun- ty for 1912. . Monday, March 11th; Monday, May 27th; Monday, June 10th; Tuesday, October let. R. S. Wilson's store was the scene of a little petty thievery yes- .. _ terday morning when Harry Lewis and John Ray. one a minor and the other a waiter by trade who came here Wednesday from Illin- ois, stole nine pair of trousers off the counter and sold them to the Bulgarians at the round house. The trial is beidg held this after. noon so full details will appear in next weeks paper. COINGiultNTALLV. \It isn't the thing you do, dear It's the things you leave - undone,' sang the - girl to her sweetheart sen- timentally. \I see that our, ideas of the young man exactly coincide,\. remarked het father, who happened also to be tin young man's employer:. Judge. USE FOR DISCARDED THINGS Shoe Buckles, Belts and Shabby Leather Articles Can Be Re- stored to Utofulness. Has it ever occurred to some wom- en that if they occasionally went through the boxes and baskets of things that have ken put away, \too good to throw away and too shabby to use,\ that there are many little things among their. _contents that could be put to use once more. What woman does not possess in some niche or corner of her room a box of Vold belt or shoe buckles, pocketbooks. belts and numerous other articles of woman's attire. Ofter a trip to the seashore has rusted steel buckles, which are then : put aside .as useless. These buckles, however, can very eas- ily be cleaned by using emery pow- der made into a paste with some oil. This should be applied to the buckles, where it is left for a few mo- meats and allowed to Soak i rust. This should then be o the orough- ly removed with a soft cloth dipped in oil and finally polished with a clean cloth. 'For the shabby leather articles all the stores are selling preparations which will color, bronze or blacken to suit the individual taste. Bits of lace can be resurrected and laun- dered, ribbong cleaned aid pressed, bras, ..buckles. cleaned wit.nletatkok ish and rhineefoaes or brilliants with a dry powder. TO CURE UNTIDY HOUSEWIVES Cry of \Anarchists\ Stops Habit of Shaking Tablecloth Out I of Window. Apparently the best way to break untidy housewives of the habit of shaking a tablecloth out of the win- dow is to shout \Anarchist\ at them. This can easily be done if the table- cloth is red and the neighborhood se- ditious. A policeman whose special- ty is anarchists gave valuable aid !c a settlement worker who had expati- ated in vain on the beauties of a crumb tray and brush.' The woman she labored with swathed. Nide dem- onsifation and said: \Oh yes, miss; ain't that nice?\ but when they cleared their own tables the cloth were shaken out of the window. Onc day the visitor' witnessEd that per- formance from the street. A police- man saw it, too. \Ili there, you bloomin' anar- chist,\ he growled. \ . You'll get pinched for shakin' that red rag the first thing you know.\ his threat was an inspiration to the settlement worker. \Oh said she, \would you mind going upstairs add telling her that f All these people are seared to death for fear they will he suspected of an- archist affiliations.\ He went. The next time the vis- itor made the rounds every woman made it a point to show how 'lex- trees she had become with a brush and. tray. INCIDENTAL MUSIC. Manager (of Frostville Academy _of Music)- 1 •We got IN smartest cutup of a trap drummer here you ever see—alteays injectin' little touches us , ' comedy into a show. Visiting Actor—For .instance? lit imager—Well, last week a hi- . low played \Richard III.\ here, an' when he roared \A boric! A.horse I My kingdom for a.horse I\ what did 'that comical drummer do but blow his nuts horn reAl derisively! HOMESTER HAS A CHANCE Ruling - by Dakota v Land Don't Hold Good Says Higher Officer By reversing itself and declaring that a married man's family only is sufficient residence in . ,proving up on a homestead the United states general land office has just Made a new and important ruling that will be hailed with delight by homesteaders and claiin-holders throughout the west says a dis- patch front Rapid Pity, S. D. For years it has been understood ain't the general land office adhered td the practice of forcing a home- steader to personally reside on his claim; regardless of. whether his family did or not. 'Seieral rulings to this effect have been made, and although some settlers were will- ing to take chances, the wise ono followed regulations. Assisant Commissioner S. V. Proudfit it Washington has just rendered a decision in the case of Chas. K. Zenor, that completely reverses the land office formai. stand. Renor was a barbar at Boone, Iowa, and came to 'Pen- nington caanty when' ha on . a -homestead. Unable to Make his living on the homestead he .i vosked af t his trade iierre and :kiiPt. his yule bffli-eii ' the homestead tip full 14 months before he attemped to Commute. The local land office ruled against him. but Commssioner Proudfit in reviewing the case holds that this is an injustice to the homesteader He declares that in rending through' past decision'', he finds the won Is \personal residence\ used as meaning the claiment him- self but that his own interpretation of this wording • is that it may wean simply the family if the homesteader in goad faith has es- tabrished his family on the claim and visits them as ()Inn as he can. The new ruling will be of great benifit to homestemh•rs and is due to the efforts of .Congressmen Martin and Burke who have for monthS labored with the depart- ment and officials of the land office for a more equitable ruling in such land cases. Lewistewn Daily News. Billings, Jan. 3.—The Billings Chamber of Commerce is compil- ing a data on the cultivation of flax in eastern Montana with view of interesting mannfiteturers in the establishment of a factory some. where in the Midland empire for the manufature of binder twine from the flax straw. Montana flax was. awarded second ,prize at the St. Paul land show. The past sea- son has demonstrated that flax can be grown successfully in this state many. of the growers having 1)110 - nominal success, the yields:rang- ing from 18 to 24 bushels per acre. The market price this year ranged from $11.75 to $2.00 per bushel, making the new product more pro- fitable per acre titan wheat, It is estimated that the farmers of the Midland empire paid $120',000 for binder twine last season, the prich price per pound being 9,1?Opt 11 mate. 'It is figured that binder twine made from flax straw by the new process can be made atkd 'sold ata -profit for 8 cents per ;pound. The superiority of hemp ,wine over Manila is found in tha fact that the former does not nit and is free f inn molestation of Insects and rodents. ALL BRANDS MUST BE RE-RECORDED HEALTH NOW FASHIONABLE Women of the Educated Classes Today Worship at Altar of the God- dess Hygela. \Look to your health,\ said quaint old hack Walton, \and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience.\ Among the edu- cated classes the Value of health was never more keenly appreciated -than it, is today. All kinds of devices are resorted to, in order to achieve and maintain it, and _many people deny themselves all in order to follow in the footsteps of the Goddess flygeia. They forswear choice foods, and look not upon the wine when it spar- kles with anther clarity. The sim- plest fare contents them and water out of a wooden bowl is a nectar to them if only it confers . upon them the supreme blessing /of. health. In -a word, to be healthy is to be fathionable, and what is fashionable must be attained at any cost. The woman who simulated a perpetual state of semi -invalidism, who re- clined on a sofa all day long read- ing novels, who was.always afflicted with the \vapours\ (whatever that may mean), has now ‘ disappeared from our midst.- One 'Might search from Dan to Beersheba and yet not find her. It is in the hockey field and on the golfing greens that on ?muit,400k tterixersi...cewy iinceessors. There can be no question that so far as the middle and upper classes are concerned, the importance of health and of subscribing, to all the laws pertaining thereto is fully realized. SOME OLD COURT CUSTOMS Anclert Rules for Guidance of Officers ,-,nd Gentlemen When Dining Wlth Royalty. Apropos of the recent coronation ceremonies in London, it is interest- ing to note the difference between court etiquette of today and that practiced 200 years ago. lli'gtulatzons prescribed by the lord chamberlain at that period in the history of •the realm seem ridiculous in the extreme to us in this enlight- ened time, notwithstanding seine of the .cestoms today are decidedly unique. - For the benefit of officers, many of them of noble families, these rules wore laid down : When invited. to dine with royal persons, 'they were to be neatly dressed, with clean coats and boots, and were not to enter the room in ic half-drunken.condition. They were warned not to drink After each mouthful, as that would make them drunk too soon, or ta empty more than one goblet of wine after every two dishes. , They were not to put their hands in their plates; their bones under the table, lif•lc their fingers, wipe their noses on The tablecloth, or to drink enough to make them fall off the chairs or Walk with a staggering stride. These are extracts from a set of rules carefully drawn up for the guidance of officers and gentlemen of noble - families, which 'show that manners have improved since 1642. \I suppose,\ says the lady next door, \that you saw many really wonderful places - while you were abroad.\ • \Yea indeed,\ replies the re- turned traveler. \I tbinic . the 111096' shivery of. them all, however; wes the- tataeorners . in Rome. I have the nightmare aGout it yet.\—Judge. * Law is Made to Ferret out the Brands That are Not in Use A number of stockmen have in- quired relative to the new law pro- viding for the recording of the cattle and horse brands each year In fact few laws ever passed has been of such far-reacing imortance as that enacted at the last session of the legislaure and desined to make available thousand of unused brands The salient provision of the law follow • Section 1 provides for the re- cording of all marks and brands before Novembot 1 ,1912. - Section 2 provides that after November 1012, no person Can lawfully claim a brand that has not been recorded, and that a fail- ure to record *shall be deemed an abandonment of the brand and any person shall be at liberty to appro- priate the use of it, lit not before the appropriator -has recorded his own name. Section 3 provides for a .ndtifl. cation by maiI, by the recorder, 601 days before Nov. 1, 1912 to all per. ibM sib° have inrat thetiniii‘: — corded their brands. Section 4 provides for the publi- cation of a general notice in all newspapers six weeks before Nov- ember 1, 1912, that the time in. - which brands may be re-recorded will expire on November 1. 1912 Section 5 entries instructions to the the recorder as to how the re-record- ing shall be done. Section 6 fixes the charge for re. recording at 26c per brand. Section 7 provides that n bill of tale of any recorded brand duly witnessed, shall be prima facie evidence of the ownership of the brand. In one reimect this is one of the moat drastic, laws ever passed by any legislature or approved by any governor and there may be sound grounds on which to question its constitutionality, for it aims to con- fiecate property after a certain date if the terms of a certain 18w- 7 -which might. easily be deemed whimsical else*Itere than in the range coun- try--are not Complied with; Live stock of any variety if claimed by brand, can be legally taken from the owner if he fails to- comply with the requiremehts of the law relating to the re-recOrding of the brand. ‘Vhoever sleeps on this proposition will surely timid him- self mulct of his range pesseasions on the day after the, date nanied and mulct in the name of the law,' But this is not meant for a captione comment, 'but rather to imprets upon the owner of oven a singhi J animal, the urgent necessity o. protecting himself under. the law W. F. Swinney purchased a team of horses of C. 0, Prather this weak ; The Warner ..family and 34.14. Black were entertained tit dinner by Mrs. Hartley Friday evening. • Geo. and Mrs. Hartley spout New Yearl•ve at theWarner home ' ••*; • I ' .4 ; I , - I .-' 1 : • •••••,; f. • -„ 4 e • • , . ' • • • • • -
