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11. #attbrrn Touttig 41' tibrpritbriti-Krbgrr 'REACHES MORE SANDERS COUNTY READERS THAN ANY OTHER PAP -- st orical 5°6c\ hionta na THE SANDERS COUNTY LEDGER, VOLUME 14; NO. 36. PETITION MUST HAVE MAJORITY COURT WILL CONDUCT CAN- VASS OF NAMES START- ING MONDAY. OVERRULE PLAINS' OBJECTIONS Clerk and Recorder Violates Injunc- tion by Having Ballots Printed and Distributed to Judges. All legal entanglements which have thus far been employed to prevent the canvass of the petition for the county seat election have now been removed and it is certain that the proposition will not be voted upon at the coming election sinless it is et- tablished in the district court that the petition contained a clear and legal majority of the qualified elec- tors who are also ad valorem tax- awers. Thompson Falls people are to have a chance to prove their claim that it does not, which they are con- fident they will be able to do. The case was only broupht to this point after two days of what was probably the hardest kind of legal fighting ever seen in the courts of the county. Plains was again rep- resented by Jas. M. Self and Judge H. E. Smith of Helena, and they contested stubbornly every step of the way that would lead to an ex.- amination of the petition with all the skill at their command, but were fin- ally compelled to submit to the in- evitable by the maneuvering of At- torneys A. S. Ainsworth, H. A. Aber- nethy and Harry Parsons. Fr a day and a half thg attorneys wander- ed through a maze of technicalities which bewildered the spectators, but the final rulings of the court were in support of the costentions of the Thompson Falls attorneys, and noth- ing now remains but to review the petition. A part of the time was spent in a Vain effort by Messrs. Self and Smith to have the original injunction de- clared void by the action of the su- preme court. The reason for their anxiety to have this point, which had no bearing on the sufficiency or in,- stiffiCiency of the petition, decided in their favor became apparent when it became known that the defendant, John F. McKay, had proceeded with the printing and distributing of the ballots as soon as the supreme court's decision was made known. They were included in the soldier's ballots sent out from Helena and mailed from Misgonla to the judges of elec- tion in vicilaticin of the restraining order, if it was still in force. it was hoped by having the injunc- tion declared void to protect Mc- Kay fry' the consequences of his action, ut in this they were unsuc- cessful. The decision was made that the injunction was not affected by the supreme court's decision and that it is still in force and will be at least until the final decision is reached. It appears that a bold attempt was made by the clerk and recorder, pre- sumably at the request and upon the advice of the Plains attorneys, to forestall and defeat the process of the law, and then gain immunity for his actions To avoid the service of the supplementary restraining order, he moved his ekce temporarily into Missoula county and there had the printing done and the ballot, sent out by mail As matters now stand\ there is no doubt that he is subject to con- tempt proceedings if the cocrt choos- es to act. When all efforts to prevent the canvassing of the petition had been defeated, Judge Smith announced that Plains was ready to proceed immed- iately. The method of conducting the canvass was discussed at some length, but no agreement was reach- ed. Adjournment was finally taken until Monday, and in the meantime the two sides will get together and decide upon the names over whin,' their is no dispute so that they may be eliminated from consideration, and the courtican confine its attention to the 107 names challenged by Thomp- son Falls and to determining the to- tal number of qualified electors who are also taxpayer4 Whether the judge will choose to make the can- vass personally or will appoint a commission to act under his instruc- CHAUTAUQUA POSTPONED Prevalence of Influenza Prevents En- tertainments for Present—En- tire County Closed. The Thompson Falls Chautauqua which was dated to commence Mon- day, has been postponed until con- ditions caused by the influenza epi- demic have improved. This an- nouncement, while not unexpected, was finally made the first of the week when the advance agent stopped off for a short time to confer with mem- bers of the local committee. The circuit of the Chautauqua has been completely disrupted as most of the towns on the schedtfle through this section are now under the ban. If conditions improve. , sufficiently within a few weeks the schedule will be revised and carried out as nearly along the original lines as possible. Whether or not Thompson Falls will be included in the revised schedule will depend upon the progress made in suppressing the epidemic. County Health Officer Olive S. Meany took , steps during the early part of the week to close up the en- tire county because of the appear- ance of the disease in practically ev- ery community. The same rules which have been in effect in Thomp- son Falls now apply to all of the schools and public gatherings of ev- ery kind are forbidden. So far no deaths have been reported in the county and most of the sickness is of a comparatively mild form. As an additional precautionary measure, the card tables in the sa- loons and pool halls have been re- moved and no congregating or loaf- ing in public places is permitted. COUNTY DOUBLES QUOTA Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign Re- sults as Usual in Big Over - Subscription. Latest figures on the Fourth Liber- ty Loan campaign in this county show the same satisfactory results as have been secured in the former drives. The total amount thus far reported is $143,,250 00 on an allot- ment of $75,000. $30,000 of this was taken by the A. C. M. Co. and the Montana Power Co., and the balance was raised by individual subscription. The total number of subscribers is 1098, double that of any previous loan. There is yet to be reported the subscriptions of the railroad men which were handled through the cow- pony and these will bring the total well above the 8150,000 mark. In the third campaign they amounted to 812,000 and it is expected that this figure will be greatly exceeded for the fourth loan. Following is the report of Chair- man E. L: Johnson given by districts: Subscribed Quota Thompson Falls 43/,900 $22,500 Plains 46,650 35,000 Camas ______-... 11,400 8,000 Dixon 19,100 15,000 Montana Power Co... 10,000 A. C. M. Co. 20,000 Total $143,250 $80,500 The number of subscribers by dis- tricts is as follows: Thompson Falls —.----238 Plains ..593 Camas _ 123 Dixon — - 144 Total — 1098 MRS. A. R. FORD PASSED AWAY Wife of Former Superintendent of Thompson Falls Schools Vic- tim of Pneumonia Word has been received that Mrs. A. R. Ford, wife of a former super- intendent of the schools in Thomp- son Falls schools, passed away at her home in ,Eureka, Mont. Death came as a result of pneumonia. Mrs. Ford was well known in this community, having lived here for four years. She leaves, beside the husband, two little girls, aged 10 and eight years old. The sympathy of their many friends it extended to the husband and daughter in their sad bereavement. lions remains to be seen. Judge G A. Stark of Livingston is presiding at the hearing, Judge Dun, - can -having disqualified himself be- cause of the fact that he is • prop- erty owner in Thompson Falls, and Judge McCulloch being absent from the district by reasdn .of illness. A decision will probably be reached early In the week. THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA, IllUt SHAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918. THE INDEPENDENT -ENTERPRISE, VOL. 3; fl Four , Mtnute Message Owing to,the stoppage of all in- door gatherings during the preval- ence of Spanish influena, •'.-Minute speeches are not possible. The work is considered of such importance to the people of the United States that urious methods are being used to reach the public. One is that of writing the messages for publication, in the newspapers. Editors through- out the country are very liberal in this respect and are publishing them whenever asked to do so. A subject which is receiving little attention, but which is of utmost importance is that of Fire Prevention Did you ever stop to consider how much property has been destroyed since the beginning of the war and which property so destroyed has been a direct loss to the United States in that it his hampered the successful prosecution of the war to the extent of whatever loss of materials so destroyed bore to supplies necessary? Fires, friends, during this great war in this country have been greater than at any other time in its history, and I might say have been greater than in any country in the world for a like period. This leads us to the belief that many, if not nearly all of them could have been prevented, for no doubt they were of incendiary ori- gin. It's pretty hard for Uncle Sam to place a guard in every nook and corner of the country, although the larger and more valuable p'ants have been so guarded. Still the great responsibility for fire prevention lies with the people. Maybe you will not be successful iii preventing fires, but you may pos- sess the evidence which will bring the guilty party to punishment and thus prevent future losses. There are men right in the United States, strange as it may seem, who are be- ing hired to destroy property in or. der to hamper the ends of the Unit -rd States in winning the war. It's a difficult problem to run all of thes men down but you may know of something in connection with it which will bring the matter to light, thus saving the government much annoyance and hither loss. t As a true, patriotic American cit- izen it is up to you to report what- ess you may know in this respect and to watch for suspects and to re- port them. You may rest assured if your report has merits it will be vigorously prosecuted and no mercy will be shown the guilty ones. A person who will stoop to such a crime is destroying property at this time is no better than a spy and should receive no more consideration. So I say, my friends, be on the alert. Help prevent fires of all kinds at all times. Report any suspicious cir- cumstances and congratulate yourself that you are helping in this way to win the war for democracy., Remember all the time please, that preventing a fire of any nature helps to win the war. It does not necessarily mean that to help .win the war you have to stop or preyent the destruction of a munition factory. Material of all kinds that is destroyed by tire at this time means replace- ment now or at some future time and whenever it becomes -necessary to rep!ace, just to that extent has it hampered the winning of the war. Every bit of energy in these good .old United States should be expend- ed in helping win the war and when - em cc we detract from that energy Nye place a rose in the hands of the kaiser, and believe me lie smiles when he learns of the many, many ways in which we thoughtlessly, perhaps, work against ourselves. Just at this time, according to the headliners in the big dailies, the kaiser is not smil- ing - , but we do not know that the p , ace prospect will carry and it's up is to pursue the war to the end and until - we are positively sure that he is licked good and plenty. Let's tuelek up a little tighter on the proposition —F. L. Austin, Chairman Four -Minute Men. J. L. Hartman Defends Self Believing that some persons might misunderstand silence on my part as an admission of guilt, I have three . statements which I desire to make at this time. It is an easy matter for those who would like to see me defeated at the polls on November 5,, to start unfair and untruthful stories about . me with no chance of my being able to personally deity them, thus putting the lie to the ones who originate them. Hence I am going to repudi- ate such as have come to my atten- tion within the past few days. First. I am charged with using my office, that of sheriff of Sanders county, as a meditnn to break up a political meeting. at Noxon on October 19, that I acted without authority; that efforts had been made to ascertain my source of authority and that it had been found _I had nene. To this charge permit me to refer to two letters, one from the Depart- ment of Public Health for the State of Montana, signed by W. F. C og s- well, secretary, and dated .9ctober 15th, 1918, as follows: \Mr. J. L. Hartman, Sheriff, \Thompson Falls, Mont. \Dear Sir: \The regulations of the State Board of Health require schools to be closed and all public gathering , are prohibited when an epidemic of Spanish influenza exists in any com- munity. \This certainly applies to political meetings. \Yours very truly, W. F. COGSWELL, \Secretary\ The other letter is dated October 19th at Plains and signed Olive S Meany, County Health Officer. It is as follows: \Mr. J. L. Hartman, \Thompson Falls, Mont. \Dear Sir: Influenza having been reported at Noxon and Heron, it will be neces- sary to close schools and public gatherings at these places. Will you do me the favor to send someone to these places to close them up at once? Should influenza be reported at any other points, please do the same. \Yours truly, \OLIVE SLATE MEANY \County Health Officer.\ In addition I may say that I was ordered by telephone to go to Noxn and Heron at once and issue orders that would prevent public gatherings of any kind. Now, citizens of Sanders county, just because I felt that my duty was to work in harmony with the. De- partment of Health and just because it happened that a political gather- ing, over v,hich I had no more . con.- trol than I would have over schools; just becauuse I ordered that no pub- lic gatherings be held I am attacked for using my office to hamper cer- tain candidates. Is this fair, friends, at a time when the public health not only of the citizens of Noxon and Heron, but of Sanders county and the state of Montana, is at stake, that I should be singled out and made the talk of a ecrtain few candi- dates? This great nation, -friends, is at war. Peace is in sight, but until it is fully declared and the Berlin beast driven into his lair and whining for mercy, has any citizen, much less an officer of the law, a right to slacken speed?, If I failed to do my duty as directed I would be classed as a slacker. Every step that is taken at this critical time toward stopping the spread of the dread Spanish influen- za is just one more obstacle placed placed in the kaiser's way. In addition to the authority above quoted from the County Health Of- ficer and State Department, I have 'been requested by F.. J. Thompson, chairman of the County Council of Defense, to use every effort to pre- vent the spread of Spanish influenza. Second. In certain other sections of San- ders county the report has been cis-, ciliated , that I am using the county automobile to further my own private ends and making money out of its mite. I want to emphatically deny this. I even want to go so far as to say it is a lie, built out of whole cloth, purely for the purpose of hampering my candidacy as sheriff. Here are the facts. More are obtainable, but these few should !write to prove to those who are unacquainted with the (Ceettnuse on pftei 7) FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TERM Judge Duncan Presided in Absence of Judge McCulloch—Four Ar- raigned on Criminal Charges In the absence of Judge R. Lee McCulloch, Judge Asa L. Duncan presided at `the first session of the district court for the October term on Monday. No action was taken toward drawing a jury or setting the calendar as it was desired to consuit with Judge McCulloch before making definite plans. The two negroes, John Boldin and Ed Walker, who are serving jail sen- tences on minor charges, were -ar- raigned on a charge of assault in the second degree and plead not guilty. A. S. Ainsworth was appointed by the court to reptesent them. Dolph H. Pierce, another negro, was arraigned on a charge of assault in the first degree and also plead not guilty. M. I. Fox, who is charged with grand larceny on the allegation that he stole some sheep, entered a plea of not guilty. Goldie Ross, who had petitioned to have her marriage to Claude Ross annulled, was granted a decree upon her own testimony and the default of the defendant. An injunction was issued restrain- ing Huard W. Brown from molesting his wife, Celia Brown, and from re- moving the children from the juris- diction df the court. fudge Duncan expects to return comotime within ten days to make further arrangements for disposing of the above criminal matters and numerous civil matters that have been accumulating. It is improb- able that Judge McCulloch will be in shape to preside at this term, and either Judge Duncan or Judge Lentz will be compelled to dispose of the business. HOMER MODERIE SUCCUMBS Influenza Causes Death of Young Son of Mr. and, Mrs Joseph Moderie at Missoula. Homer Moderie, the 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moderie, passed away at Missoula Monday, death being the result of pneumonin following an attack of influenza. As is mutual in such cases, his illness was Of short duration. He contracted the disease at his father's camp at Evaro, where he had gone following the closing of the University which he had been attending. He was remov ed to Sacred Heart hospital shortly afterwards and was there at the time of his death. Funeral services\were held at Missoula Wednesday. The young man was well known and Well liked in Thompson Falls, which place had been his home dor- the period of construction of the power plant. He attended the public schools here for four years while his father was in charge of the saw mill across the river, but moved to Missoula about a year ago. He was a bright young man, popu,- lar among his school friends and re- spected by his elders. He gave prom- ise of developing into nnusually fine manhood and his many friends and those of his family regret his untime- ly death. GLADDEN FOR REPRESENTA- TIVE. To the Voters of Sanders County: Because of the fact that I have been putting in my wheat crop, I have not been at liberty to 'Call upon you and solicit your support for niy candidacy for the office of represen- tative at the coming election. I feel sure you would not have muse neglect my crops to electioneer. I would not have done my bit nor my duty had I done otherwise. I served you four years ago as your representative at Helena. If you fotind me honest, just, lair and progrelsise - at that time, I would earnestly ask your support on elec- tion day. Yours truly, J. W. GLADDEN. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTI - OW Once more we desire to call the attention of our readers to the rul- ing of the War Industries Board which makes it necessary for us to discontinue pending the paper to all who are not paid in advance. We are sending out notices to subscribers an rapidly as possible and will allow • reasonable length of time for them t4:. remit, hut if you fail to receive yOur paper one of tlimei days, don't bhanse us. Blame it onto the Weer. NO. 24. TWO DEATHS IN HERON FAMILY FRANK HONBERGER AND IN- FANT SON PASS AWAY WITHIN WEEK. FATHERS' DEATH VERY SUDDEN Was Found Dead in Bed Afeer Very Brief Illness—Death Attribut- ed to Attack of Heart Failure.. Twice inside of the past week the Angel of Death visited the town of Heron and each time knocked at the door of the same home. Last Fri- day afternoon he summoned - Frank llonberger, and on Thursday the in- fant son, about four months old, was called. The death of the father was very sudden and entirely unexpected. He had been at his work for Sanfacon & Doucette until the morning preced ing his death, when he complained of not feeling well. Instead of go- ing home where the children were sick, he decided to go to bed for a few hours at the hotel, thinking he would be better in a short time. He ate some dinner at noon and at about 3 o'clock partook of a bowl of soup. Thirty minutes later when it was de- cided to remove him to his home, it was found that he had expired. His death is attributed to heart failure. Funeral services were held at the Heron church Sunday afternoon, con- ducted by Rev. E. L. Lee, and were attended by a large gathering of relatives and friends, both from his home and from other parts of the county. Interment was_inade in the Heron cemetery. Frank Honberger 'was the only son of J. K... Honberger, a pioneer of the western part of the county, and had spent the entire 27 'years of bus life in that vicinity. Ile was married to Mary Culbertson and was the fzither of four children, two of whom are living and two who have passed away. He also leaves a sister,' Mrs. W. J. Stewart of Huntington, Ore. He was a young man of good char- acter, excellent habits and had a host of friends who deeply regret his sud- den death. The sympathy of all is, extended to the bereaved wife and members of his family in their double bereavement. SAVE YOUR FRUIT PITS Government Needs Form of Carbon Derived From Them For Use in Making Gas Masks. At the request of the government authorities, the Red Ciost is asking each one to assist in the protection of the soldiers by saving and deliv- ering all fruit pits and nut shells. From these seemingly useless articles is derived a certain form of carbon used in the masks which protects the boys from the poison gas, and at present there is a serious shortage of the cocoanut shells from which the carbon has heretofore been ob- tained. The most satisfactory substitutes are pits from peaches, apricots, cher- ries, plums, olives, prunes and slates, and the shells of Brazil mitt, hickory nuts, walnuts and huttermitt. The pits and shells should be dried either in the sun or in an oven, but do not need to be separated They can be delivered at the Thompson Falls Mercantile store or given to the driv- er of the delivery wagon, and will be forwarded the manufactiirers of the masks. If it is impossible to deliver direct to the store, notify Bert S. Hind, chairman of the local Red Cross branch and he. will see that they are collected. The need for these pits and shells is really imperative and every little bit will contribute to the safety of the boys si , ho are fighting over there. Senator Walsh gained the approval of the president and.,is well liked by, the southern cotton growers, who are not hampered by a fixed price on their commodity. Sonic of the wheat growers of Montana, whose product is shackled by the act of a southern democratic congress, be- lieve he would make a satiafactory senator for the cotton belt.
