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RED LODGE, CARBON COUNTY, MONT., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1924.
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VOLUME 1,
BISHOP LEN1HAN
CONFIRMS CLASS
Lenihan Administered the
Sacrement of Confirmation to Large
in 8t. Agnea Church Last Sunday.
Bishop
Right Reverend Bishop Lenihan of
Great Falls, administered the Sacra
ment of Confirmation In St. Agnes
Church on last Sunday to « class of
33 candidates, 23 children and 10
adults. The Bishop in a few well
chosen words administered the con
firmed and all present to hold "God's
Holy Name in Reverence," to be obe
dient to authority, civil and religious,
and to respect justice and truth.
Father Drolet of St. Patrick's
church, Billings, and Father Corcoran
of St. Agnea Parish, were assistant^
to the Bishop.
Th following are the names of those
who wtye confirmed: Elizabeth Bar
rett; Dorothy Brown; Christiana Ches
nik, Eleanor Curto Marion Curto, Ma
tilda Jacinch, Mary Kolaricb, Doris
Landrs, Veronica Loncharich, Audrey
Maat, Rose Mance, Edna Morn, Vic
toria Starcevich, Edna Swab, Flor
ence Wester, Leo Rosetta, John Rom
ersa, Charles Grenko, Francis Blasko
vich, John Macinich, Fred Sullivan,
Thomas Hogan, Myrtle and Thomas
Sprague.
Adults—Mrs. Ruth Cassidy, Mrs.
Agnes Bachelder, Miss Eda Roman,
Miss Emma La Porte, Miss Veronice
Roman, Mr. Robert Marsh, Mr. Johp
Roman and Mr. John Disotell.
Father Corcoran and the Trustees
of St. Agnes Parish wish to extend
their sincere thanks to the Croatian,
Austrain and Italian members of the
congregation for their co-operation.
On next Friday, Feast of the Sac
red Heart. Holy Mass at 8:00 o'clock,
badges of the Appostleship will be
blessed and distributed before Mass.
The children of the parish will receive
Solemn Holy communion next Sunday
at 8:30 Mass.
Confessions Saturday 4 o'clock af
ternoon, and 7:30 in the evening Sun
day School 2 o'clock. Baptisms 3
o'clock. Evening devotions, 7:30.
DESPONDENCY CAUSE
SUICIDAL ATTEMPT
Overcome with grief and seriously
afflicted over the death of a fine boy
about a year ago, Mrs. Fred Cunning
ham attempted to take her life by
cutting her throat, last Thursday
night.
The unfortunate woman had walked
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out to the cemetary and over the
grave of her baby preformed the rash
act. While driving to town from their
ranch west of here early Friday morn
ing, C. I. Engbert and C. C. Cox not
iced the body of a woman lying in the
cemetary some distance from the road
and upon investigation found Mrs.
Cunningham in an unconscious condi
tion. Medical aid was summoned and
and the woman removed to the
Adams hospital where heroic efforts
rekindled the spark of life and while
at this writing the condition of the pa
tient is very low, yet her life is not
dispaired of. Her husband, family
and relatives as well as her host of
neighbors and friends are grief-strick
en over the sad affair.
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A screen drama of great emotional
intensity, which is interesting not on-,
ly in its qualities as a photoplay, but
also because it is the first picture to
be made in America by yictor Sea
strom, noted Swedish director, opened
last night at the Roman theatre.
Name The Man
The picture is from the latest novel
'The Master of
by Sir Hall Caine,
Man," and follows the original story
faithfully. Mr. Seastrom has lived
up to his European reputation of be
ing one of the ablest directors of pic
turs. "Name the Man!" is a truly
great picture with a heart appeal from
which even the most callous cannot es
cape. Mr. Seastrom makes the films
and art as well as an entertainment,
Celebrate The 4th With Red Lodge!
Big Rodeo, Ball Games, Bands - - All Free Attractions -
Sports, Dancing, Fire Works.
Finnish Picture
At Roman Theatre
An unusual feature will be present
ed at the Roman theatre Friday June
27th, when a film of present-day Eng
land will be shown. It shows the larg
est cities and the beauty spots, in
dustries, farming and fishing, also
the athletes training for the Olympic
This film was prepared by
games.
'the Finnish government for the mem
bers of the League of Nations, and
it was shown the first time at the
Geneva conference.
MILLI ENTERTAINERS
IN MPC' L REVUE
High Class Company Will Appear at
The Roman Saturday Evening Vau
deville, Singing and Classic Dancing.
The Mili Entertainers which have
been booked to appear at the Roman
heatre here next Saturday night, June
28th is an organization of high merit.
They will appear in a musical review,
singing, vaudeville and classic dance
ing.
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Miss Mayme Grace is a real artist
and has a most beautiful coloratura
soprana voice and although young has
I made a wonderful success. She sings
in four languages, French, Italian,
German and English. She has ap
! poared with a number of high class
i companies in the east and is known as
the "Mi n it U re Patti."
| The other members of the company
are all artists and their appearance
here will be a treat to the theatre go
ers of Red Lodge.
Mae Busch, as Bessie Collister, the
girl who is ejected from her home by
a brutal step-father, and is wronged
by the youthful judge, rises to what is
considered her greatest emotional
piece of acting. Conrad Nagel, as the
youthful pudge, giea a very finished
performance, and the large cast, in
cluding Patsy Ruth Miller, Creighton
Hale, Hobart Bosworth, De Witt C.
Jennings, Evelyn Selbie and others,
support the principal players admirab
ly.
The entire story is set on the tiny
Isle of Mann, off the coast of England,
and is fully as powerful a novel as
"The Christian," Sir Hall Caine's best
known novel.
The story in short, is: Bessie Col
lister, a young girl, is ejected from her
home by a brutal step-father, and is
cared for by Victor Stowell, son of the
Isle's Deemster, or judge. Hs betrays
her, and later, realizing his sin, plans
j to atone by makr •' her his wife. He
sends her to a private instructor to
j complete her education, and when he
: discovers.# that his best friend, Alick
Gell, is genuinely in love with her, is
set free to marry the girl whom he
1 loves, Fennells Stanley, daughter of
Isle's governor. When Victor's father
dies, the son is made Deemster, and
his first trial is that of Bessie, who has
gone back to her mother, and is now
charged with the murder of her child,
Bessie is convicted and sentenced to
die by the man who wronged her, but
»he refuses to denounce him. To atone
he helps her escape from prison
the eve of her execution, and she goes
to America with Alick. Victor con
on
FRIDAY JUNE 27 TH
GOOD ROADS DAY
Work Will be Done on Both West and
Main Fork. Everybody Out, The
Last Call.
Again the weather mam "busted
up" the good plans made for working
the roads last Friday and it was
necessary to postpone the work
until next Friday, June 27th. This
is the last call for volunteers to get
the roads in good repair before the
4th, when it is expected a great many
visitors who come to celebrate with us
will avail themselves of the opportun
ity to spend a day or so in the moun
tains as guests at the different camps.
By alt means we want our visitors
to leave with a good impression of
the progressiveness of Red Lodge and
no one thing will go farther towards
leaving a good impression than to
have the roads in 'shape' for their
use.
Good roads is a matter which is of
vital importance to every last moth
ers son in town, it is not a matter to
be left to just a few don't wait until
you are "cordially invited" to get out
and do your share to get the roads
in condition. You know the date now,
be on hand at the court house between
seven-thirty and eight o'clock Friday
morning June 27th and there will be
plenty of cars to transport all to the
scene of operation.
The R. L. M. Club will foot all the
expense for the 'eats' and there will
be plenty for all under the supervision
of renowned chefs, so you will not go
hungry.
The programe for next Friday is
to divide the crews so that some work
on both the Main and the West Fork
roads will be accomplished. On the
Main Fork road, work will be done
in the neighborhood of the Beaver
Ponds, widening the road so as to
make passing easier along the new
grade, fixing bridge approaches etc.
On the West Fork work will commence
above the ranger station and continue
to Wild Bills, over which stretch the
rocks will be removed, holes and wash
outs filled up, bridges repaired etc.
Let everybody turn out and much good
can be accomplished. Let's get the
roads fixed.
NEW HEPP OIL
GOOD QUALITY
With natural flow developed by
deeper drilling to volume equal to that
shown when the well blew itself in on
May 12, last, Hepp No. 1, the Mid
west's discovery in the Big Lake field
of the Lake Basin, is shut in by a con
trol valve and more tankage is being
moved to the location. There is al
ready 10,260 barrels of tankage on
the location and another 260-barrel
ttfnk is in process of construction. No
decision has been made apparently as
as to when test of productivity of the
well will be made.
Drilling, which stopped Friday night
after the bit had gone through sands
of varied porosity and hardness
brought the Hepp up to point that
prompted H. C. Bretachneider, vice
prsident of the Midwest Refining com
pany, which is developing the field and
controls operations of all but a few
tracts within area of production as it
appears now, to describe it as "a very
satisfactory well."
*> Hold To Conseratism.
In conformity with a policy which
long experience in development of new
oil fields has repeatedly vindicated, of
ficials of the Midwest consistently
maintain their attitude of conservatism
with reference to the discovery. Loath
to raise hopes which later drilling may
shatter, they confine statements with
reference to the Hepp to precise show
ing of the well.
With no opportunity to analyze the
oil which apparently has ben opened
up with the deeper drilling, officials of
fesses next day that he had helped her
escape, and serves two years in pris
on for the crime. Fenneila forgives
him and they are married in prison.
Sunday and Monday, June 29 and 80.
Greybull Physician
Found Dead In Office
Dr. Thomas F. Hamilton, prominent
Greybull physician and husband of
farmer Red Lodge girl, was found
dead In hla office at Greybull on June
6th. Death was caused by a bullet
wound in th head and at first develop
ments however pointed to murder. In
much as there have been different
accounts circulated, the following au
thentic account was written and given
to the Chronicle with request that we
publish it. that the facts of the case
might be known.
Dr. Thomas H. Hamilton was found
dead with a bullet wound thru head,
in his office at Greybull about 7:80
o'clock Friday morning. The bullet
had entered high up on the left ten*
pie and emerged at the right side of
the neck just below the jaw. From
the fact that vigor mortis had set in
it is evident that he had been dead
several hours.
The discovery was made by Ed Cua
ick, city marshal of Greybull, whose
son was in the doctor's hospital at the
same time recovering from an opera
tion for appendicitit.
Mr. and Mrs. Cusick were with the
boy thru the night but say they heard
no shots. Dr. Hamilton told Mrs.
Cusick before retiring that if she need
him to rap on his bedroom window,
About 6:80 in the morning the boy
was restless and Mr. Cusick went
around the house and knocked on the
window. Someone whom he thought
was the doctor answered and said he
would be right over. A half hour or
so later Mr. Cusick again went to call
him, this time going around to the
front door, which he found open. Pas
sing thru the bedroom he found Dr.
Hamilton dead in his office. Dr. A.
Hamilton of Thermopolis was notified
by phone by Coroper F. A. Minnis of
Big Horn county and both Dr. Hamil
ton senior, and his wife arrived al
most immediately. However before
their arrival, they discovered that an
inquest had been held, the body em
balmed and prepared f~r burial. This
undue haste under the circumstance#
is very peculiar. The verdict that had
been prepared stated that the bullet
had entered the right side of the head
which is not according to fact, and
gave it as a case of suicide. Five
(Continued on page 7)
as
the Midwest have formd no conclus
ions with reference to it.
The oil, however, appears to exper
ienced operators who have seen it to
be of even better quality than that
which gushed from the casing when
the well blew in. It does not congeal
at low temperatures as did the first
oil encountered. It appears lighter
and seems to be on par with the bet
ter Pennsylvania Crudes. Its appear-*
ance holds promise of greater gasoline
content and less wax residue.
Probably Dakota Sand.
No statement of theory as to identi
ty of the sand into which the bit was
driven Friday has been made by rep
resentatives of the operating company,
but it apparently is a sand distinct
from the one which first gave flow
and geological opinion holds that it is
probably the Dakota, original goal of
the deep test.
Old Timer Succumbs
James Hamill died June 2, at Red
Lodge, following an illness of compli
cations due to old age, and from which
he has been ailing for many months.
Until recently Mr. Hamill has been
making his home with his son Thomas
Hamill of Roberta.
James Hemill was born in Blythe
England on July 14, 1843, and would
have been 81 years old his next birth
day. He was married at England to
Ann Lawson in 1866, but did not come
to America until 1880.
Of the deceased it has often been
said that no weary traveler eve left
his home hungry or disappointed, and
none who could speak of him in only
terms of the highest praise, for the
man who dwelt by the roadside, and
was a friend to man, and beast.
The esteemed gentlemen is survived
by four daughters, Mrs. E. Mildown,
Red Lodge, Mrs. Anna Davis, Sheri
dan, Mrs. Mary McKean, Rosyln; and
Mrs, Hannah KKenith, Bridger; also
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RED LODGE WILL
BANQUET GUESTS
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Billi "« 8 M * n " f " clurer * 8nd W **" j
salera And Cody Business Men Will
be Over Night Guests Here TKurs
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The c,tl * ens and bu8lneM m * n , of
Red wiI1 ** ho8U to * he whole '
salers and Manufacturers Bureau of
mlin * s Qnd 8 dele *» tion of Cody
boosters at " ban( ' uet 10 ** held the
Elks Club Thursday evening under the
aus P ice3 of the R ' L ' M ' club '
A two day tour '« being made b y
th** Billings Bureau during which they
W 'B visit all the towns in this section,
making their over-night stop at Red
Lodge. This is a 'return visit from
the Cody Boosters who entertained a
Red Lodge delegation last month,
The object of those get-to gether
meetings is to create more interest
and work more in harmony towards
the development of the tourist travel
throughout this section and bring to
the attention of the eastern tourists
the beauties of the Beartooth region,
in which all are most interested,
The Methodist Ladis eAid will have
charge of the banquet arrangements'
and it is expected there will be ap
proximately 160 plates to serve.
Welcome Billings! Welcome Cody!
"Bite 'Em Beartooth" Red Lodge,
day.
OPENING GAME
FAST AND SNAPPY
The base ball season of the city
league was formally opened last Sun
day when the Indians scalped the
Giants in a snappy game all the way
through for an opener.
It was our misfortune to miss the
tame and our sporting editor fell down
the job so it is impossible for us
to give the fine points of the many
brilliant plays us we would like to.
However the score by inning# given
below show it was no bodies game un
til the last of the ninth. The Giants
had scored in the first, the Indians ev
ened up in the second, each drew
goose-eggs until the forth when er
rors and well placed hits gave the
Giants another tally, blanks for both
teams ir the fifth and then the Indians
put on their war bonnets and cap
tured three runs, they delt out ciphers
to the Giants until the ninth when
heavy hitting brought in another run.
The Indians scored two in the eighth
which left the final score 0 to 3 in
their favor,
Hevosma was on the mound for the
Ipdians with 16 strike-outs to his
credit allowing 5 bases on balls. Rob
ertson done the slab work for the
Giants getting 8 strike-outs and al
lowing only 3 bases. Grusonick and
Guintoni are each credited with two
base hits. Umpire Adams.
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Giants
Score by innings:
Indians
010003020 Total 6
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 8
The next game on the schedule will
be played this (Wednesday) evening
between the Midgets and Cubs, with
another game Sunday afternoon the
Indians vs. Cubs. We'er going to have
some real interesting base ball here
and it is hoped the fans will show their
appreciation with 100 per cent attend
ance.
Hake Sale
On Saturday afternoon the Con
gregational Ladies Aid Society will
sell fresh bakery goods in the cham
ber of Commerce Rooms.
A Sucker Turns
Real Estate Agent: "Wonderful
! the river.
view here. See! the house overlooks
Sucker: "I did, too, for a minute;
I thought somebody up the road had
; left their hydrant running."
—
three sons Thomas Hamill, of Roberts,
James, H. Hamill, Astoria, and John
Hamill of Illinois state. The body was
laid in final repose beside his deceased
daughter, Mrs. M. Johnson.
WHO WILL OWN THE
GARDNER AUTOMOBILE
Chronicle Campaign to close Wednesday night
July 2nd at 8 o'clock. Credits will be Audited
by the Judges in the Court House
At this issue of the Chronicle is
printed there remains seven days of
the Salesmanship Campaign until the
finish at 8 o'clock P. M. Wednesday
July 2nd.
Fortunate indeed will be the winners
of the three capital awards, the Gard
ner car, the diamond ring and the
Victrolu. No less will lie the con
gratulations to the winners of the
$50.00 in each of three sections and
those who receive the cash commis
sions.
The race is drawing very near the
close, and the big question of "who
will win" is yet to be answered. Time
alone can tell. Organization for the
greatest amount of efficient work in
the time that is left will give the ans
wer—all promises must materialize
into subscriptions now or never.
Tomorrow (Thursday) night at 10
o'clock the double credit offer ends
and all orders not turned in to the
Salesmanship headquarters at the
hour, under the rule, will suffer a 20
per cent loss of credits on half of the
present allowanc Its a question for
each candidate and their friends to
ponder over—whether it is wiser to
turn in the orders and get the big
credits or to hold back for the last
and suffer the loss in preentage on
every order.
On the correct answer to this may
depend upon "who's who" when the
list of winners is made up for publi
cation. If friends come up and say
"I'm sorry you didn't win I sure
whooped it up for you" be sure that
you have worked the very liest you
could and by so doing you may avoid
the sympathy of these friends—be «
winner but you must work to accom
plish that result.
After Thursday nights voting, com
mencing Friday, a sealed ballot box
will be provided for candidates to de
posit their orders in, with money for
the same and this will save work in
the last rush, names and address of
subscribers with post office box num
ber and exact amount to be credited
each order and marked "extension or
der" where such is the case, may be
put in a sealed envelope with the can
didates name on the outside and de
posited in the box. The judges will
open these nvelopes and order the
credits to be given each one accord
ing to the schedule printed in the dis
play advertisement on an other page
of this paper.
The naming of the judges has only
been partially done, the list not being
complete and therefore cannot be pub
lished now. Candidates who may have
a choice are requested to phone or
SECTION ONE
Mr. George R. Karhu .
Miss Hilda Laurie .
Mr. Dante Bartoy.
Miss Anna McConville
.160,000
16,000
40,000
.166,000
SECTION TWO
Miss Ruby Negovan .
Miss Lucille Giovetti ....
Miss Alice Walsh
Miss Harriet Anderson
162,000
.80,000
12,000
8,000
SECTION THREE
Miss Edna Seip, Washoe .
Miss Mary Savich, Bearcreek
Miss Harriet Stewart, Luther
Miss Elvah Weber, Silesia
Miss Leone Bergan, Roberts .
Mr. J. E. Patterson, Edgar.
Mr. C. J. Wilson, Luther
Miss Abby duriatopherson, Joliet.
Mrs. Nannie Parker, Washoe —
Miss Blanche Smith, Belfry.
26,000
145,000
30,000
. 7,000
.164,000
. 5,000
60,000
. 26,000
. 130,000
. 15,000
write the sales manager at th Chroni
cle headquarters without delay.
County Commissioner C. C. Bowlen
has consented to seal the lock of the
ballot box on Friday and he will re
tain the key to the lock, opening the
lock at the time the judges arc ready
to commence counting up and auditing
the results of the campaign.
The ballot box will be in the cam
paign headquarters during business
hours until the evening of July 2nd
when it will be taken to the court
room of the county court house, for
the close of the campaign and count
ing the results.
The closing hour has been fixed at
8 o'clock in the evening^of Wednesday
July 2nd, and every salesman is urged
to have their envelopes deposited at
tl.at time with amounts in money to
balance the reports. Two hours or
until 10 o'clock will lie allowed for
every one to do this, then the judges
may commence to tabulate the returns
and agree on the scores of each con
testant.
Candidates and their friends
course and others so desiring may
have seals in the court room during
the evening to witness and hear the
proceedings.
Prizes will be given on the signed
certificates of the judges to each con
testant and their decision will be the
only authority recognized by the
Chronicle management.
The Chronicle will furnish clerks
and every help possible to expediate
the count and to see that reports are
made correctly to the board. In case
any points of the closing hours are
not fully understood by the contest
ants and the public generally u phone
call to 168 or 1), the Chronicle's num
bers, will bring the information re
quired if during regular business
hours.
The list made for publication of the
standing this week shows that Miss
Anna McConville of Red Lodge leads
in the race, Miss Leone Brgan of
Roberts second, Miss Ruby Negovan of
Red laidge third, only a short number
of credits behind, and George R. Karhu
of Red Lodge, working almost every
where, fourth, Miss Mary Savich of
Bearcreek fifth and Mrs. Nannie Park
er of Washoe sixth . Only minor
changes are made in the other scores
in the list.
The result is now up to the candi
dates and their friends. The Sales
department extends thanks to the la
dies and gentlemen who have taken
part in the work, for their uniform
courtsy and good sportmanship spirit
shown in the campaign.
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