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VOLUME 28, NUMBER 26
BELT, MONTANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1921
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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- New Set of Officers Elected to Guide
Affairs of American Legion Post
At the regular meeting of Belt V«l
ley Post No. 101, American Legion,
held last Thursday evening officers
wa tft elected- for the ensuing term,!».
ginning January 1. Although consid
erable pressure in the shape of an
unanimously expressed desire of the
members for Commander John P.
Healey to again be a candidate to sue
ceed himself, Mr. Healey positively
declined to run again for the office of
commander, stating that he did not
approve of a continuous succession to
office in the Legion, and while thank
ing the members for their evident ap
proval of his past effort in that office,
declined to accept a nomination.
The succeeding election resulted in
the naming of the following officers;
< harlea H. King, commander, succeed -1
ing Mr. Healey; Phil Dunston, vice
commander, succeeding Jack Bachan;
Leo C. Graybill, adjutant-treasurer,
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Leo C. Graybill, adjutant-treasurer,
succeeding himself, and whose desires
to decline failed to get a hearing; Dr.
J. S. Stewart, chaplain and service of.
ficer, succeeding Alvin F. Taylor; Nels
Johnson, master-at-arms, succeeding
Norman Gillette. Ame Bakko was
elected a member of the executive
committee, serving with the command
er and adjutant, and by amending the
by-laws a fourth member of the exe
cutive committee was elected in the
person of Ex-Commander Healey.
An auditing committee consisting of
^ P ; ^! lsr t ram ' L - L - Wa,k 'f r
Ernest Troutman was appointed. The
dancevcommittee made a brief report, I
which Was accepted, am! the citizen-;")",
ship committee reported the receipt of I
26 new books for the library. After
the business of the session was con
eluded, the members enjoyed a lunch
prepared by the athletic committee.
(x)mmander Healey is in receipt of a
r»rt m ,nt relative to the proper mark,
According to advices received from ;
Washington, the nomination of R. H -!
Bemis for the appointment of post
master at Belt, has been made, with :
recommendations for confirmation b y j
the senate.
The Home Club of the Rebekah
lodge last Thursday afternoon met at
the Odd Fellows hall and in addition
to the work of completing many arti
cles destined for the Odd Fellows' Or
phans' home at Helena, the packing of
two boxes ready for shipment to the
home was completed. One of these
boxes were filled with useful articles
and toys covering a wide range, and
enough in variety so that every in
mate of the home will receive a Christ
mas present suitable to their age and
sex, and there are all ages represented
at the home, where shelter and food
are provided for the young and aged
dependents of this benevolent order.
Another big box was packed with
preserved fruits and jelli?s, also a lib
eral supply of fresh fruits, candies
and nuts to be forwarded with the
same shipment.
The ladies of the club have enjoyed
their'work, and while making their
sessions pleasant for themselves in a
social way, have the added satisfac-jof
tion of forwarding a most commend
able spirit of the-holiday season and
an assurance that they are adding a
Home Club Brighten
Lives ot Orphans
measure of happiness to others less
fortunate.
After the boxes were packed a
lunch was served to those present. The
rext meeting will be held at the homei
of Mrs. Ray Wilson on Thursday af
ternoon, January 6, am the club has
decided to .continue »ta activity dur
ing the coming year.
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\a D nt Cnr stmas Sea s
OQiC Ul Uimoimao ooaio
The final canvaas will be made next
week by the Belt troop of Boy Scouts
trt the clean-up drive for the sale of
Christmas seals. Scoutmaster Gray
bill states that the boys have done ex
cellent work and have met with gen-.
erous response from the citizens, and
they hope to dispose of their entire
supply before Christmas 2 vc.
The purpose of this sale is to obtain
funds to be used in the fight being
waged against tuberculosis in Mon-,
taoa. The warfare is not only direct-I
ed toward the cure of the disease, but
its prevention, particularly in chil-[
dren. It is known that about 80 per
cent of the cases are contracted In
childhood. Its disastrous results oc
cur chiefly between tbe ages of 16 and
Public health nursing in another ac
tivity that the seals make possible,
The work of the public health norae
• is not limited to the ferreting out of
case*.' but cover* tbe entire field of
dlseaaa For the past two years thé
salary of one nurse connected with the •
local health department has been paid
by the association The service* of *
purse ar» uutiaperunble to Uutir work i
and tbe liberal support of tbe people i
of this county will assure to this com-;
munrty the service* of s nurse for an
other year.
The Ghriatmas seal ta a dainty and
attractive decoratinn for you r letter*
and package* It cost# but a trifle
and it rsrrte* a message of good
heelth wherever H gMS
To Continue Next Week
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ing of the graves of all soldiers, sail
j on or marines, veterans of any of the
wars in which the United States has
hvaR eas e s wh e r e it ts~
shown that relatives are financially
unable to suitably mark such graves,
the department will furnish a suitable
headstone for the purpose. The re
quirement is that the l<egion or simi
jlar organization assume the reaponsi
[ bility of seeing that the headstone is
; properly placed, and also the grave
, must be properly identified, and the
full name of the deceased soldier be
furnished the department together
! with the rank, company and regiment
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I formation as necessary to
mark the monument. 1 ..
securing the neeessary information re
! warding the graves of the soldiers bur
j ied in the local cemeteries will be tax
e n up at once by the local post.
wun me rank, company and regiment
jin which he served, and such other in
v« properly
The matter of
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en up at once by the local post.
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A cowboy saddle hanging in front
a pawn shop in Great Falls a few
weeks ago caught the eye of Miss Gar -1
.^ ke k meier ' n ° W ^r 8 - 1 "- E, . Wag ;
«er since her marnage last week, and
on a visit to her home near Arming- j
she spoke of it to her brother, j
Oscar Junkermeier, and remarked
that it resembled very much the one
that was stolen from the Junkenueier |
harn last January. Little attention
was paid to the matter, but on her
next it shç stated that the saddle .
n.ore .mpre.aed „,th 0,' tj-ttottt ;
_ . , . , , JunKermeitr
thereupon determined to have a j™k j
^ ll ?, 8€lf . a " d I1 acc - ord "f ly made *
tnp to Great Falls for that Dumn.. j
"n* 1 '" .«auntering nast the navrn snop |
;"® dy ld f nt,f 1 ' ed .]y 8 P r °P c f ty - . Ca , n -
thv sher ' ff ' b ? stated , tho c,r
cumstances and with official
[forcement revisited the establishment
and claimed his property, which was
[given up without demur, as the pro
prietor, J.«M. Charteris. explained that
the saddle had been left there for sale
and he had no claim upon it.
Mr. Charteris said the saddle had
I been brought there by a Mr Kauff-J
man. son of a fruit merchant, who
slated that he had found it in a car of
bananas shipped from Kansas City
and had no idea where it came from
or who owned it. It was found in the
end of the car when the bananas were
unloaded, and not knowing what else
to do with it had left it with Mr.
Charteris for sale.
Mr Junkermekr easily proved his
ownership of the saddle <u.d brought
it home with him, together with the!
bridle and quirt A saddle blanket
and coat which were stolen at the
same time were not recovered. On
th* same night that the saddle disap
pea red last January, a saddle was also
taken from Gerry Hay. whose home
is about three miles from the Junker
meier farm, and which has never been
recovered. 1
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ELK RUN RANCH RECEIVES
BLUE BLOODED YEARLING
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Masterpiece 24th, royally bred son
the great Masterpiece, sire of the
S. H. Velie Hereford herd at Blue
Springs, Mo., has been added to the
Elk Run herd at Highwood. Cattle
breeders who have inspected this most
[promising calf say that he is one of
the very best examples of the Here
ford breed ever brought to the state,
The calf weighs 960 pounds at an
even 10 months of age, is just as mel-1
low a youngster as a Hereford breeder
! could wish, has a perfect Herefordj'
[head.* great spring of ribs and
I uniformerly well set up, according to
(the judgment of breeders who have
vi * hed hjm
, The calf will be used on the Manly
Picture and Bright Picture hé,fers of
j the Elk Run herd. He was selected
from the S. H. Velie herd by Frank
(Ledingham. Without special fitting
the calf stood fifth among the junior
; yearlings at the American Royal this
year.
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'CEDAR CHESTS WILL PROTECT
.WOOL CLOTHING FROM MOTHS
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Oicsta made of red cedar heartwood
.are effective if in good condition and
thoroughly tight, in protecting cloth
ing from clothes moths, it has been
found by the United States depart
Inert of agriculture. That is, if pre
cautions are taken first to beat, brush
and if possible sun all articles before
they are placed in chest«.
Since it is the odor of red cedar
that kills youhg'moth worms, special
care should be taken to prevent undue
escape of aroma from the chest*.
Chest* at all time* should remain
tightly closed except when clotbing is
being removed or placed in the chest
and this procedure should be accom
plished quickly.
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MINOR CASE SETTLED BE
FORE COMING UP FOR TRIAL,
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The claim of Valmore Beaudry for
$86.20 against the 2-Miracle Concrete j
corporation of Great Fails, and upon
which suit tor collection had been en-'*
tered in Justice of tbe Peace John A. (
Hackshaw'» court, wa* «etlled Katar- :
dav by payment in full of the claim
and accrued coats by the defendant s. :
The suit was entered on a verbal eon- i
tract for tbe purchase of a board walk,
FIKbKEN PREPARING FOR RECORil
CROWD AT ANNOAL ENTERTAINMENT
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Reproducing the Direr cions of the Virile Pioneers Who
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exception of a few minor
details, Xhe arrangement committee
S ^ C0I Î" carnival and jubilee
l " e volunteer depart
ment » given in the of P. nâiJ
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bave (tot the program in intelligible
* orrn indicative of an even greater
8UCWAS tfean their first one given Iasi
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' ,n *be coming event had ted
them to prepare for a record break
'ng_crowd.
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[ ' ears - 1 he success of their raw
atte mpi was assurance that they had
" 11 » popular note in the entertain
men ^ ' ,ne and the interest already Ola
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The carnival is intended to portray
the life and recreations of the west
>n pioneer days. That they succeeded
in their first attempt is attested to by
Ihe numbers who attended and who
had lived and taken a part in the life
of Montana when it was young.
tbe momen * t he V were young again.
*nd that alone was sufficient excuse
to shed for a time the weight of bur
densome years and enter into the holt-!
day spirit, of the occasion.
According to the advertisement put
out by ^ committee, the high spots
of the coming entertainment will cen
ter about .. ßlue Check George's" Been
g(?d Kam bling palace, which will be
typical of those institutions which
f] our j 8 hed in the early days on the
frontier . with it8 games ot faro bank,
roulette ami blackjack and will be
s t*ged with all the correct parapher
!na j ia and with „kju^ "mechanics" in
c h ar ge. M The Yellow Doff" dance halL
Join,. „II, be in, full .wink, with "Ok
lahoma Johnny^s orchestra exhuding
toe - t easing harmony. Sing Toy's Chi
nese restaurant will supply the hun-.
at a „ hourg w hife "apollinaria
Bill « barbcred and clothed like a mil
lion dollars, will serve the 2*/4 per
-|cent mixtures with a grace and skill
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an , ., r ^ ruBt company at -»real I-alls,
s * >e ^ 0ln ^ re8 f^ n "
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P° 8lt ™ that institution. Accord
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^mpi'ed w.th ^/mahties by «ending
8 rb ec k through for the amount of the
d «P° slt < and ^ hen this was return<-d,
" e county " olaim against the b<md-,
conca -"? W *" Jy?°
w . e w re , « rn * d - 1 *' 26,000 and j!î*i"
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ety . hou f« 8 18 received the county will
aSB, ^n' ,t8 interest in the money[ at t p
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by "*P°* Itor * to pay their tax> n
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TOURISTS PROVE GOLD MINK
TO A BIG TIMBER FARMER
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As an example of how people living
j along transcontinentol highways suv hj
as the Custer Battlefield Hiway, pass-[were
;tng through Belt, is given in the cur
rent issue of the magazine of that
: highway It gives the example of C,
W. Clark of Big 'fWber. who lives on
the Yellowstone trail. He erected a
glaaa case beside tbe road in which to
display hi* honey, butter eggs and
vegetables. The aotoiats flocked to
his place and he told over $200 worth
a month of bdney alone during the
*,4aon. He/sold all hi» pro* tuet at a
price advanced over the whol'-anle and
vet tow enough to satisfy his c«*h cue
turner*. Mr Clark estimate *hat the
highway past his place ha* increas'd
the value of his land by thousand* of
dollars. À, ' - " -,
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simply marveleous. In order to ac
commodate those who wish to enter
the activities of the various enter
; tamments, the Sagebrush Banking
House has been established, where
funds may be secured on
all who apply
vantageous terms to
; with the proper credentials and ap
proved collateral.
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j sr l a{ )y residing in Montana a $76
j Jx . ar ] necklace,
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| AS* an appreciation of the splendid
j support given the fire department in
their entertainment last year, they
have decided to give to the most popn
Votes will be given
;fr>e to any patron of the Sagebrush
Banking House the first nigl\t of the
carnival. These votes are tb be de
p* sited in the sealed ballot box. to be
counted next day by a disinterested
j committee, and the name of the lady
: receiving the highest number of votes
Por'wdl be announced at 9 o'clock on Sni
J urday evening, December 31, and if
i present will receive the necklace and
be crowned queen of the carnival. The
only restriction placed on this contest!
is that the lady winning must be pres
en t at 9 o'clock to be crowned, other
! wise the crown and neckUce will go to
receiving the second highest
number of votes In addition to this
Prize there will be liberal cash prizes
^° r the best costumes, best character
' representation ôf frontier typci and
^or the best dancer».
1 1" the ''Yellow Dog" dance hall the
second ovening 1 « entertainment will be
« fa "cy dress hall with masks and j
ca P s providd by the commltte for all
areurat. ImiUlfa.^ of the diver.ion.
of the west call for rather vigorou»
hilarity at times, they assure the pub
lie that ample precautions will be
taken to quell anything that would be
offensive to guests. Competent offi. !
ciah will see that no one over steps
the bounds of strict propriety.
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the last day of the tax collecting sea
i»n. All checks drawn on the^bank
" November 30 had noen cleared before
the dt>ors were closed, but several
checks mailed on that date did not
. reach the treasurer until too late to be
8ent tbrü 1 u 'f b - T L en Plumed checks
are still held by tha treasurer, but he
8tat " d arrangements have been made
T 10 U P- Gwmg to the <ir
, out °. f u he 1 , ' lo '" n ' f
»*» ba " k the treasurer s books were
not do«* d until yesterday,
; At a meeting of the directors of the
American Bank « Trust company held
Saturday, plans for a reorganization
° f tbe >" k w, ' re d,8CU88ed and ^ blU>
0 d ^ fm,te a8 "u»-anc f to that effect
has been made public the director*
: are hopeful of the results.
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MINOR DEFECTS FOUND IN
PERCENT C HILDREN
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According to Dr. Fuson, full time
county health officer, a very large per
I ci ntage of school children a«^physi
; ca ]| y defective. Of the 1,663 Great
I Falls school children examined 1.388
were in need of medical attention. Not
^jj tbe children. Dr. Fuson contin
• ued in his report, areJvandicapped by
serious abnormalities. The defects
for the most part are of a minor nat
are. such as those of the teeth, skin
and scalp. s
Five baby and pre-»chop! clinic-i
pass-[were held daring November, the at
tendance sggrcgatinr SO, The clinics
were held in Great Falls. Cascade,
Simms, Btoekett and Belt Six new
cases of tuberculosis were called to the
attention of the health office and 20
other canes were given treatment eith
er at the home* or the health office,
Vaccinations for the prevention of
smallpox numbered 38.
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A program followed by a dance will
be given at th* Ixtwer Litt 1« Bdt
school honsr Saturday evening. De
fernher 17. The program will -tart at
8:46. Ladies art- reqoefed to bring
refreshments. E'YrylgKly welcpmi
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Wandering Cow Caoso of Expense
and Trouble to Whole Community
in damages required the testimony of
MM*. * all! witneane^ tfanae r
l VK ** of lawyer«, and at the end
i of the trial Monday had consumed
over a day and a half of Judge H. H.
! Ewing's time in the district court,
Twelve good and true jurymen were
*lao involved, who after listening to
a great deal of natural history as re
lated to cows, for the whole case hing
ad-ju|*>n allegtd damages to a certain
female of the bovine family, brought
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jn a verdict exhonerating everybody
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i times and provided amusement for an
jbut the cow, probably because the cow
1 was the only one interested who was
not present at the trial and did not
[ have a chance to be heard. 1
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The testimony was conflicting at
audience rather larger than usually at- j
tends sessions of the court, the pres
; ent case calling for an elaborateness
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' "* plan« of the railroads of Mon- ;
tana to increase their stocka of coal
indicate a more continuous operation
of th jn f th t ,
j . mine« for «orne monuis toi come,
and 18 considered cheerful news by the
I operators and miners of Belt. For
j the past two or three weeks there hac
a noticeable falling off in orders
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w,tb a con,e *lucnt slack time for the
j miners, and the news will be welcomed i
that plans for the atook-pilinff of en- !
mitc , t „0.000 1,500.000
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to "? th .^ railroad" of Montana are
f a,d f by v üf' "'S!?, "j d 0P t>ra - !
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! S? lved ape * bat ( An <, , Nort . h<,r T l Pacl ' !
^ f >0,0 ^ ) i "» tor aK*)
and tbat tb * Mdwaukee has hewn ac-1
.cumulating a large surplus while the
[Great Northern officials this week at
} St. Paul have under consideration
! similar program.
Mine operators are keenly interested]
1" the accumulation of surrlus railroad
coal because of the enlarged output
that would result at nearly all mining
profHTties. Most mines in Ouend*
oonnty are operating with a railroad
" a ' d - " nd an extensive
t,rotrrMrn °f stock.piling would tend to
increase the working forces and insure
extensive operations throughout the
winter.
Miners are free in commenting upon
this storage plan and make no secret
assigning the motive as a move on
tb, ' nar< fbr ra, l r,>ad " 1° acquire a
nurnlua in the event of a possible
strike when the present contract be
twepn tb< ' United Mine Workers and
the coal operators expires April 1 next
The agreement made with the miners
lat the conclusion of the strike of 1919
will continue until that time, and
throughout the year there has been
comment regarding the differences
which may arise from the discussion of
8 new contract. The more conserva*
live of the miners believe that the ad-]
iustment will he made without fric-.
tlon as they are generally free to ac
knowledge that an adjns'merrt in keen
ing with general conditions is neces
sarv f and equitable to all concerned,
Th" storage of coal surnlus is said
fo involve a program for the piling of
stock sufficient to supply th<* railroads
of th'- state through a month or six
wef .ks. East of Montana nesrlv all
{bt ÿxiad s depends op trail nt»rrHl on.
f b e docks h* lake ports, but in that
nortion of Montana east of the moun.
tains much of the- supnlv is usually
drfiwn f rom the mines in the state,,
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Pfnooi. TENHl'S ONSsTTH-NTY
f The 1921 «chooi population «f c«*
cad<1 county i8 10>:10 2. according to the
annua! census report compiled in the
offk . e of th( , county superintendent,
whl< . h WH „ m . enUy ^pfeted after
Bt . vera , moI1 ths of careful work This
figure represents an increase of 312
over th< . toU , of JaBt yeari and in .
c .j ude8 on | y those pi-rsons who are be
tween the ages of six and 21 years.
„ The increaB< . notod jn th<1 report,"
8a j d Superintendent Jane Keeney,
"doe. not eractly mean that there arc
that many new school children in Cas
cade county. Although it is certain
there is some increase, it is safe to say
that the last census reached a good
number of children who were not
counted in 1920 Special efforts were
made in all of the school districts and
in my office to make the last count as
accurate as possible."
The census report also gives a tab
ulation of the number of children un
der the age of six years, who are not
considered when the distribution of
school monies are made. There are
4,303 children under the non-achool
age classification, with the boys out
numbering the girls by 131. Consid
ertng $30 a* the amount that is given
annually by the state and county for
each child for educational purpose»,
Cascade county school district* are en
titled to $309,060 which i* distributed
in proportion to (he number ot rhil
dren. «
According to the figures ot -J lerk
.lohn S Pearson of tbe I wot d-str-t,/treasurer;
No 29, the let*! nomlvr of ehikireft In
this district of school age is 678. in P
eluding all between the age* of *Ix
and 21. Of (hi* number 363 are girls
and 316 boy*. There are 161 listed In
the census a# under school SgU-_ j
SHOWS AN IN CREAM E OF 312
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j lanu It appeared*th*t the only thing
l a r king tha
aufferar, and meekly took ail the
blame at the hands of the jury.
The case has occupied a great deal
of space in the Belt Valley Times for
the last year and a half, and grew out
of the misfortunes of a cow, prized in
the R. S. Biain family, who reside near
Armington. Many months ago the
cow wandered into the precincts of
j Armington and eventually into the
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closure surrounding the cottage
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not made entirely clear in the testi
en
_ I occu
pied by Misses Ellen Berg and Isabelle
Lowery, described by the young and
susceptible re porter of the Great Palls
Leader as the "pretty and attractive
defendants." The cow in some manner
j mony, came in contact with a pail of
lye solution and in consequence sof
fered great mental and bodily anguish;
(in fact, the upholstering over a large
surface of her back was irreparably
damaged and disfigured, and thi r
vice« of a veterinary were called to
assuage her grief and make the nee
jessary renovation. The grief-stricken
owners assumed that the damage had
been done with malicious intent by the
defendants and a suit for damages in
the sum named followed,
After postponement from time to
time, the caae finally came to trial.
«"d the U>atimony took many angles',
sometimes of a slightly embarasnlng
n8tur<> to thp yoUT)(r< , r „ttomey for the
defense, and the verdict of the jury
appeared to give everybody, including
the cow, all the benefits of any perraia
Bib,< * doubt
Leo C. Graybill and W. F. O'Leary
represented the defendants and J. W.
Freeman the plaintiff
witnesses called to the stand in the
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Wm p Pilgeram, Mrs, R. G. Parker
!ind W A . Ewald for the plaintiff«
side, and Misses IsabelV Lowery and
KHcn Bergers. John Gray. Mrs. Hat
fio M " d «ra Gus Nordquist. John A.
Hackshaw and Dr. L. A. Nutting
the side of the defendants,
e aar
Among the
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The plaint of the poor taxpay
at last touched the hearts of tn
tors and coal dealers and resulted in
« saving of over 1200C to the county
during the ^naxt a fiscal Con
1 tracts for furnishing medicpl at ten
j Con and supplies to the county were
made Monday by the commissioners
when the bids were opened, and also
for the coal to be consumed by the
'county during the ensuing year,
The specification of the bid provld
ed that the county physician shall fur
niah all medicine, medical instruments,
perform operations and give medical
"Ça re to contagious cases, etc., ot the
indigent poor of the county. The
idders were Dr. Hulhush, f499; Dr, B.
A. Place, $1.141; Dr. Chas. J. Brenee,
! I MOO, «nd Dr. W. J. Lakey, $999, Dr.
Hulbuah's bid Iwmg accepted.
The contract for furnishing coal to
'he county for the ensuing year in
volred over UMM1 tons and was secured
by Graham and Ross at a figure more
meaning a saving on this one item
alone of more than $2090 a year. The
nucceessful bid w«« at the following
figures for (he different grades and at
County Saves On
Goal and Dr. Bills
er has
t doc
than $2 a ton les» than last year, and
:
the different pointa;
W* œ run No. 1. court house awl jail,
14.46; mine run No. 2, court house and
1*11 $4.16; lump, screened, poor farm,
$6.66; nut. screened, poor farm, $6 40;
j lump.
Following the election and installa
tion of officers of Belt Lodge No. 137,
A. F. * A. M., which ceremony took
place at the reular session of the lodge
Tuesday evening, Past Master Alvin
F, Taylor, who had journeyed from hi»
new home at Winnett to be pr-sent.
was present«! with a handsome gold
watch charm and set of sleeve links
the gift of the lodge in appreciation of
his services and interest in the lodge,
Presentation was made by Leo C.
Graybill who on behalf of the lodge
made a very graceful and eloquent
speech conveying the esteem and kind
ly feeling of th - members toward their
retiring presiding officer. Although
taken completely by surprise, Rev.
Taylor spoke feelingly and impre wive
ly in acceptance of the tokens and aa
sured the members that whin- the
beautiful gift* were fully appreciated,
they in reality did not co nstitu te the
link that would hold him in close touch
with Belt Lodge No. 137, regarnies* of
where his lot was cast in future.
The newly elected officer* of the
lodge sre J w. Le land, W.- M.; BwJ,
Kennedy, senior warden ; •J. R. CUftet,
junior warden; *"* n * ■ MeConkey,
d-str-t,/treasurer; Dr. J. S. Stewart, »ecre
tnry; Roy Johnson, senior poacon, V .
P Pilgeram, junior deacon; Dr. J, W.
Graybeat, senior warden; N. H, Nel
«on, l* 1 " *°ï M _ w , a C? ea * ' A ^° ' ' G'faybtU*
marshal; I n 1 1 Dunaton, organist:
Hubber. tyler.
screened, county poor. $5,70;
nut. screened county poor, $6,60.
RThe other bid# averaged about 30 to
36 cent# per ton higher on the differ- -
ent «rradeü.
Lodge Presents Taylor
With Tokens of Regard