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The Sanders County Independent-Ledger (Thompson Falls, Mont.), 28 Feb. 1918, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn86075282/1918-02-28/ed-1/seq-6/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
tleti in or um in los ler VC IR ^Illst THE SANDERS COUNTY INDEPENDENT -LEDGER los OR n Ina 1IN Iss los THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1918 4 PROGRAM AT THE SUNDAY, MAR. 3 BIG 10 REEL SHOW \Within the Law\ 2 Shows -3 p. ilL. 8 p. 111. 25c and 50c TUESDAY, MAR. 5 \The Adventures of a Boy Scout\ — IN 5 ACTS —, For the Benefit of the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Boy your tickets from any Boy Scout in town. 25c and 35c THURSDAY, MAR. 7 HARRY CARY IN — \Phantom Riders\ 5 REEL BUTTERFLY • ANIMATED WEEKLY 10c and 20c SATURDAY, MAR. The Red Ace SCREEN MAGAZINE 10.: and 26c LOCAL ITEMS F. L. 'Austin spent Sunday with rel- atives in Missoula. Mrs. F. B. Lyon of Noxon, is viiitor in town today. - Mose Roach of Whitepine, trans- acted business in town Tuesday. Allen Whitley of Paradise, 'lame down Friday to attend the Red Cross dance. H. A. Abernethy was a business visitor at Missoula Friday and Sat- urday. K. R. Murchison of Dixon spent two days here this week transacting business. Mr. and Mr. W. A. Erman of Plains, are atte'riding to court mat- ters this afternoon. Mrs. Lottie Moore of Noxon, was in town Saturday to file on a tratirtf land near her home. Don't neglect your eyes. Correct your sight. We test them thoroughly. \V. A. Darling, Optometrist. .0. Swan Swanson / was taken ill whit; in-At:man Saturday and has since been con'fitied to St. Lugc's hospital. • Chas. Ir. Smith, superintendent of the Noxon schools, was - calling on friends in town Saturday and Sun- day. John Severson, who is working in Burke, came over Friday to visit his mother. He returned to Burke Wed- nesday. George Wells and Pete Carter, who have been serving on the jury, were excused Wednesday and returned to their homes that afternoon. The little daughter Mrs. Pauline is suffering from an attaac - of small pox and the home has been placed under quarantine. Mrs. R. G. Bailey and little daugh- ter of Missoula, arrived t .... e . ilnesday ,r a visit at the home of t c ortrier's arents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.*Wilde. J. K. Honberger of Heron, one of pioneer residents of the county, was # aning on friends and transact- ing business in town Sunday and 9 moiday. Dr. Charles Lord DENTIST First Natinnal Bank Badding PLAINS, MONTANA Modern Dentistry Moderate Prices Guarkuteed work At Thompson Falls from Monday noon until WiAnesdlot noon Keep Clean Keep clean inside, as well as outside. Do not allow food poisons to ac- cumulate in your bowels Headache, a sign of self - poisoning, will point to numerous other troubles which are sure to follow. Keep yourself well, as thousands of others do, by taking, when needed, a dose or two of the old, reliable, vegetable, fami- ly kiver medicine, Thedford's Black -Draught Mrs. Maggie Bledsoe, Osawatomie, Kan., says: \Black -Draught cured me of constipation of 15 years standing, which nothing had been able to help. I was also a slave to stomach trouble ... Everything I ate would sour on my stomach. I used two packages of Black -Draught, and Ohl, the blessed relief it has Oven me.\ Blatk- L)raught should be on your shelf. Get a pack- age today, price 25c. One cent a dose. All Druggists E Bit Not Heard, but Seen. Doetor—\Pn Mon me, madam, hut my ly me I. no t M y OVVII. You have;*glven me all your symptoms In sufficient de- ft)! ant now Perhaps 7011 will kIndly SO tow lloibartd—\Mathada he elinessal want to hear your tongue any atattytt: he wants to look at It.\ Chas. Holmberg, who has been em-. oloyed at the power plant for the past year, left Wednesday evening for Seattle where he expects to find employment. John H. Bolin, manager of the Idaho 'Match Works, was attending to business matters in connection with the new saw mill at Whitepine fast Saturday. Rev. H. S. Gatley of Missoula re- sponded to an invitation to address the public school students Thursday afternoon, and gave an inspiring, pa- triotic address. Conrad . Gptzian returned today from Bozeman, where he has been attending school since last fall, and will commence work at the Woodlin Farms for the summer. Cards were received by relatives and friends of Robert Mitchell, Hen- ry Heiman and Roland Matthews last Saturday from Washington announc- ing their safe arrival in France. WANTED—Stock to paRifet , 210 acres with creek running through; 30 acres could be put in crop; might consider a lease. For full particulars write Tom Farley, Trout Creek, Mont. 2-5pd Mrs. J. C. McKeel left today for Marshall, Wash., where she will spend several weeks with Mrs. Burt Sin- clair. Before returning she expects to visit relatives at Clarks Forlesn'd other points. The health authorities have made arrangements to use the W., N. Malmberg house for a pest house and in the futdre those suffering from contagious diseases will be taken there for confinement. Grace' Peacock, who has been mak- ing her home with Mrs. C. M. Jeffery while attending school, was aken ill Sunday and Monday was compelled to go to.' her h6t14\ at Whitepine where she has sind been placed under quarantine for scarlet fever. J. T. Ellarson came down from the Jack Waite Extension thine Satur- day and will spend a couple of months in town. Mr. Ellarson has been work- ing a'\erew of men scnee last July and this is his first trip out during that time. Ile reports that they have made good progress with their tunnel and cross cutting, but have not, yet struck their lead, although indications are that it is very close. He is anxious to continue the work, but was com- pelled to stop because the provisions van• out and it is impossible to take more :up until the, snow leaves. tt it la VS la 33 IS tt IS RED CROSS NOTESIt U ti 13 It 23 IS 11 It tt The making of surgical dressings by the local branch will be discon- tinued until further notice. • — • All benefit gatherings for the Red Cross must first be authorized by the executive committee_before they may be advertised as Red Cross benefits. At a recent meeting of the exec- utive comMittee, C. T. Jefferson was appointed to have- charge of civilian relief within the jurisdiction of this branch. Mrs. H. C. Schultz met with the Red Cross workers at Mrs. Moser's Monday afternoon And made six pil- low. cases. She also took a bundle of work to finish at her home. The Electricians Ball will be given Saturday evening, March 16th, at the Rink hall. This is always one of the big events of the winter season, and as all the proceeds above actual ex- penses will be given to the Red - Cross, the dance will draw an immense crowd. The executive committee of the Thompson Falls branch requests that all persons having articles that they desire to have raffled for the Red Cr : 0;s turn them over to the finance committee F. L. Austimof the Thompson State Bank, is chairman of this committee. . — The membership committee, with S. G. Skulason as chairman, is now sup- plied with window cards to be posted in homes and business houses. These cards carry small crosses, one for each member in the family or in the concern. Members desiring he win- dotv cards may get them ut4sappli- cation to the chairman. In reporting tlie receipts of the dance at Eddy several weeks ago we stated that six new membe s were secured , and $8.60 was cleared. In order to clear up a little misunder- standing it should be said that the . amount turned in was $14.60 of which $6.00 was for the membership lees. The members of Trinity Guild met last Thursday afternoon at the par- ish house and tied one comforter. Monday afternoon several ladits met at the home of Mrs. Wm. Moser and tied three more. Tea and vp,fers were served by Mrs. Green and Mrs. Camp. Three of the comforter tops were pieced by Bonna Pearsall and the fourth was donated by Celia Pres- ton. The Cantata, \Under the Palms\ giGelt - by the\ choir of the M. E. church and other singers, at the Rex r theatre . Wein sday evening, Feb. 27th, was bea .. ifully rendered and im- mensely enjoy d by the handful of people who heard it. The fact that court was in session at the time and that the cantata had been given a short time previously for the benefit of the Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church explain the small attend- ance. The proceeds of the evening were $12.15. . The Hard Times' dance given at the Odd Fellows hall on Friday even- ing, February 22, drew a crowd of fair size. The financial report fol- lows: Receipts: From sale 9f dance tickets --$12.15 From fines — 6.40 From supper —;.. - 14.70 Total $33.25 Disbursements: Doughnuts for lunch —.$ 4.80 Net returns for Red Cross—...$28.45 Donations Mrs. D. H. Near donated 15 yards of sterilized gauze for compress work. - -Feathers for 12 bed pillows were donated by Mesdames Tracy, Green and VanVranken. The ladies of Trin- ity Guild furnished bedticking for them and they were made ahd filled by Mrs. Tracy. Mrs. A. S. Ainsworth donated 15 yards lieavy outing flannel which was made into bed jackets for hos- pital use. committee, with Supt. W. II. Shipley of Plains, as chairman, and County Superintendent Gladys Brown as a member. This school committee has general charge of the organization of School Auxilliaries in the county. In a school with a single room the teacher becomes chairman of the Junior School Auxilliary. In schools of ,more than one teacher, the prin- cipal, or superintendent, or a deputy,' becomes chairman. The four schools of the district are applying for mem- bership as School Auxilliaries. Defi- nite reports regarding the payment of the 25c per pupil dues will be given next week. ATTENTION WOODMEN All members of Thompson Camp No. 19919, M. W. A. are urgentli re- quested to attend the regular meetiqg Wednesday evening, March 6th. Im- portant business will be transacted ; A. J. DORRIS, Clerk ti 2 III 15 NOXON NEWS tt atlattaartaanaailan A foot of snow fell here Monday in 10 hours. , Prospects are good for several new sellers in the vicinity -of Noxon. J. Fisher has sold his homestead and will move to Red Lodge, Mont. The new county tractor was set oil\ here from the local Saturday night. WM. Hayes and Louis Loveland am loading a car of poles for James Saint. Messrs. Legault and Atterberry are busy cutting tics with their saw mill on Rock creek. Joe Hammons went to Plains Fri day'to represent the Community Club at the Farm Bureau meeting. The post and tie haulers are making good use Of the sleighing and hope it will last for several weeks. Mr. Thompson of Bull river, is doing the second trick at the depot in the absence of Mr. Fields. Andy Doyle of Bull river, is bring- ing hay to Peek'sistore. Hay is very •carce and is bringing $32 per ton. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have arrived irom Twin Falls, Idaho, with a car- load oft/ stock, farm tools and house- hold'goods, to occupy the S. S. Brown ranch two miles west of town, which they - recently purchased. They are very favorably impressed with this locality and have come to stay. The junior Red Cross This week the schools of Thomp- son Falls and District No. 2 have been pushing a campaign soliciting mem- bers for the Junior Red Cross. In the Junior Red Cross the unit of mem- bership is . ihe school and not the chid. The dueS are a NO equal to 25c for each pupil enrolled in the school. This means a membershiP of )00 /. per cent of the pupils, or a pledge that the deficit will be paid from funds derived from any author- ized source. ' The funds of the school auxilliary are handled by the treas- urer t c f of the hapter, or by a -sub- treasurer. T ( e mid is used for the purchase of . ppfies for the use of the school anitilliary, No Offrt of the school fund may be used for general expenses of the Red Cross. The Chapter executive committee 6f Plains appointed a Chapter school CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received up to 8:00 o'clock p. 171. Friday, March IS, 1918, by the undersigned at his office in Thompson Falls, Montana, for the installation of a heating plant in the school buildings in Thompson Falls, Montana, according to plans and specifications now on file in this of- fice and also in the office of Ole Bakke, architect, Missoula, Montana. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for the sum of $350.00, made payable to a School District No. 2, Sanders County, Montana, as a guarantee _that the successful bidder will enter into contract and give bonds within five days in the sum of 50 per cent of contract price for the faithful performance of such contract. The 'Board of Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Trustees. T. A. BRUNER, Clerk, School District No. 2, 2-2 Sanders County, Montana FOR SALE -160 -acre ranch on Prospect creek. For full particulars enquire at this office or address P. 0, BOX 195, Thompson Falls, Mont. 2-4 Union Meat Market NOW OPEN MODERN AND SANITARY Complete Ice Plant and Cold Storage Equipment Fresh and Salt Meats, Fruits and Vegetables Game and Fish in Season Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention e Hotel Ward The Place Where They All Stop ---Best Hostelry Between Missoula and Spokane ---Welcome at any Hour, Day or Night STRICTLY MODERN FIRST-CLASS SERVICE J. A. SCOTT, Proprietor it 12 New Delivery System ON AND AFTER MARCH FOURTH, WE WILL] MAKE ONLY TWO DE- LIVERIES PER DAY. The dividing line will be Spruce Street / opposite N. P. water tank. All Customers living East of Spruce Street will be accomodated in the morning, the delivery leaving the store at 10:30 o'clock a. m. For customers living West of Spruce Street, de- livery will leave the store at 3:30 o'clock p. m. Get your orders in early as there will positively be but one delivery each way a day. BEGINNING MARCH 2, STORE WILL CLOSE AT 6 O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SATURDAY. Thompson Falls Mercantile Co. “I•NONSMIMINIOMOOMMNONWOM 3 at
