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THE CARBON COUNTY CHRONICEE
"MONTANA BEST WEEKLY"
*2.60 PER YEAR
RED LODGE, CARBON COUNTY, MQNT n WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. 1924.
VOL. 1, NUMBER 16.
Preparations Complete For Stupendous Celebration
CHRONICLE SALESMANSHIP CAMPAIGN CLOSES TONIGHT AT 8:00
Sealed Ballot Box Will be Turned over to the judg
Bank Officials will help Make the Audit.
County Court room Place of Meeting. Public
Are Invited to Witness the Official Count,
es.
placed on it by Commissioner C. C. !
Bowlen, when the secret voting start- '
ed. Mr. Bowlen has the keys to the 1
ballot box and will break the seals
and unlock the box tonight turning
over the contents to the judges for '
their audit and tabulation.
A representative of each of the
banks of Red Lodge will cheek the |
sales records of each contestant and,
the judges and these gentlemen will
ascertain who is to receive the big
awards. While the list of these judges
Details are practically completed for
for the closirtg of the Chronicle Sales-1
manship Campaign which the public |
and a considerable number of sales- ;
men have been interested in the past :
six weeks.
The big ballot box, which has been
at the headquarters of the sales de
partment since the close of the second
period June 26th, will be taken to the j
court room at 8 o'clock tonight to re- 1
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ceive the reports of contestants who :
may deposit the same up to that
hour.
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No business in subscription has been
handled by this department since June
26th, all contestants have been re
quested to put their reports of unfin
ished business with the required
amount of money for the same, into
the ballot box which bears the seals
is not complete, some have been select
ed by the contestants. Among these
arc Louis Sacich of Bearcreek, John
Gillen, C. C. Bowlen and P. P. Whicher
of Red Lodge, Others will be added
to this list on request.
Candidates are urgently requested
to make a deposit of all reports
promptly, the hour is eight o'clock
tonight—e' rything should be in the
ballot box before that time. Upon
the prompt response to this request
there is no reason why the work of
checking up and ascertaining the win-j
ner should be delayed. Clerks and an
adding machine will facilitate that de
tail work of the board of judges,
A general invitation to witness the
INDEPENDENCE DAY
1924
1776
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JULY
FOURTH
that
In the course of human events In- complished with the result
dependence day again dawns in a sky, day the United Stales remains the
that smiles benevolently down upon haven for the oppressed of other na
the fairest land of any clime, and a i tions, and the harbor for souls who
country that we have fought for, have ! know only tyranny, and wear the
cherished and died for, and have sur- j yoke of broken spirits and dillusion
As we gaze upon this beautiful land
rendered but never in vain.
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America can well be proud oj, our of thriving cities, whose fertilegalleys
glorious national anthem; should thrill indicate a submission to the hand of
as we read the Declaration of Inde- toil and as we hear the voice of Nature
pendence, and the most marvelous call to each pulsing heart; watch the
document ever penned by human hand, brains from God's mighty sun filter
United State# 1» the land of the thru the leave« of giant trees in the
free, and the home o£ the brave, made densest forest«, We should ever zeal
such an that memoriabie day when our otisly preserve its harmony and beau
forefathers Inaugurated the iipp«ri»h- ty. Noting these things in comparison
able Union of thirteon »Utes, which with that half clad, hungry army who
are now bonded together in a glorious suffered the bitter winter at Valley
bond of liberty, life, and'the pursuit Forge and bravely battled every ob
of happiness. Those unfading stars stade that we of this age, and the
in freedom's flaming banner, have in- ages to come may enjoy the peace,
creased from thirteen to the forty- prosperity, it la only fitting end proper
eight stats«, which we so readily me- that we he •verahclmad with grati
ogTdae. tade. to those who have paved the path
It was indeed a hernie set of mon with soif sacrifiée, end tt p»ttwii to
the task of driviug King u* their birth right as inhabitants of
George, and hie despote out of this a nation thdi ie the envy of every em
country, but their purpose was ac- pire and kingdom.
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who
front wheel which caused the car
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Four of the P a8Ben F erB were t rown
clear of the wreck, while the driver
Yorkovich was pinned beneath the
steering wheel and received minor in-1
juries. Chas Giovetti one of the pas
sengers was thrown against a bowlder
and injured his back from which he is
rapidly recovering at a local hospital.
The car Is a total wreck and it is
but an act of Providence that all the
passengers.were not istantly killed.
The particular stretch of road where
the accident occu red is by no means
speed-way and this accident should.
be a lesson to other autoiats to drive
carefully.
TOO MUCH SPEED
AUTO SMASH UP
Lodge young men
caped death when their auto turned
While returning from » joy-ride
Sunday evening a party of five Red
miraculously es
turtle. The accident occured on the
road near the Point of Rocks south
of town, the party was speeding along
a * a ™te of some sixty miles per hour
and in an endeavor to pass another
car their car struck a rock breaking
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proceedings at the court house tonight
is extended to all who are interested
in the final count. The big car, the
diamond ring, the Victrola, the *50.00
watch, the *$100.00 cash prize and the
commission money will be delivered
by the Chronicle at the office at noon
on Thursday July 3rd to the winners
holding the orders given them by the,
judges.
The next weeks issue of this paper
will give a complete tabulation of the
at the close of the campaign.
score of each contestant who remained
DEARTH OF RAIN
GROWS ALARMING
Montana Streams Are Lower Than
During Any June Except in 1919.
Hard on Irrigators... Condition Gen
eral.
in Los Angeles and vicinity to 76 per
cent of their normal consumption and
has petitioned for a 20 per cent in
CTeage in rateg t0 help meet the loss
stained by starting up its fuel-fired 1
reserve steam plants. e
The situation in Montana partie«
larly on the Missoure river and its [
tributaries, presents a plight not un- :
like that of California. j
Montana's worst drouth year was '
1919. when the shortage of water in
the Madison, Jefferson, Gallatin and
Missouri rivers was greater than in|
any other of the 38 years during which
river-flow records had been kept.
Recent inquiry, however, has de
eloped the startling discovery that, ex
Opting the famous dry year 1919.
these rivers had less water in them
Subnormal snowfall and the alarm
ing dearth of spring and summer rain
fall has left Montana irrigators on the
verge of water famine The condition
is not only present in this state but
is in common over the states of the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific slope re
gions.
In California, hydro-electric power
companies are curtailing their output
and putting into operation all avail
able fuel-consuming plants.
f or example, has cut its service to its
hundreds of thousands of consumers
The
Southern California Edison company
in the last week of June than ever be
fore.
Farmers of the Madison, Jefferson,
Gallatin and Missouri alleys who WiH
have to irrigate for the next two or
CUBS WIN FAST
GAME SUNDAY
The Cubs all puffed over their de
feat of the midgets Wednesday even
ing when they took the little fellows
into camp to the tune ef 21 to 4, went
on the diamond Sunday afternoon with
a determination to capture the In
dians also, and they did.
The game Sunday afternoon how
ever was a fast clean game sod the
Cubs had Üi«t hands full in keeping
the Indian» down. K us sell was on the
firing line for the victors and pitched
a steady game throughout. Riekka
done the slab work for the Indiana
with eight strike outs to his credit.
The final score. Cubs 9; Indians 6.
Summary;
Two base hits, Rafita 2, Russell,
Fleming. Three base hits, Salono, Re
gis, Riekka; Struck ont, Russell 11,
Riekka 8; base on balls, Russell 2;
Time one hour fifty minutes. Umpire
i Dr. Adams.
Games Played Won Lost .Percent
1000
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Standing of the League:
o
2 2
2 1
2 0
2 0
I Cubs
I Indians
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to-'Giants
000
Midgets
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Edgar Stores Robbed
Some time Wednesday night thieves
broke into two Edgar business houses
^ ^ g ^ of candy .
Then let the flag continue to bear
its stainless record, unfurling its shin
g fold* for the entire world to be
hold and marvel, let every citiaen
! protect it from disgrace and dishonor
that we may att
'1-rvea them a
j Who to himself has never said,
[This is nay own—, my native land!"
Entrance was made to L. C. Jen
sens pool hall by raising a window at
the rear of the building. Here about
eight pounds of candy was taken. The
Edgar Meat Market was also visited
but nothing appeared to be gone ex
cept a box of candy and a small
amount of change left in the cash
drawer.
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with soul so dead,
hi
three month* will 1* vitally interested
In the following taffes They ere from
the officiel dally reports on etreem
flow at the four points indicated. The
figures represent, for the years cited,
In the month el June, the number of
cubic feet of river water per second
v'. kh pass a gcven point:
1924 1923
495 1.720
3,040
Canyon Ferfy . 3.795 16.110
Great Fall« . 7.500 22,470
that would be there in a normal year;
that unlew unexpected and unusual
rains fall in the meantime, within the
ne xt 30 days these rivers will approxi
mate the lowest point in their record
*ed histor|f.
Summ up, the unhappy fact seems
^ be thaTin Ws annual outdoor sport
of «outguessing the clouds," nature
hag t hi 8 year dealt the industrious ir
rigator aW the progressive power pro
ducer a „,^^1® hand. It is a ban
idicap which win challenge all their re
80urcefullnes6 a nd ingenuity to over
come
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Hebgen dam.
Norris dam .. 1.246
To put it another way, at Canyon
Ferry the June flood this year was
but 14,600 cubic feet, while the aver
age for 22 years past was 21, 400 cu
During the same period.
bic feet
the flow fqr the last week in June has
averaged 18,000 cubic feet per second,
while this yaar it was but 3,796.
Reduced to the simplest terms
these flgupres conclusively show that
all of these streams at the present
time contain not more than one-quar
ter to one-third the amount of water
Orders issuad out of Federal dis
trict court at Billings the first of the
week will close for one year a num
ber of local soft drink emporiums, the
abetment orders however provide that
the owners of the buildings may peti
tion the court to re-open the places
for use in any other lawful business,
other than for use as pool halls,
within periods of from seventy days
to four months.
A number of convictions were also
whom similar charges were pending
plead guilty and all drew either fines.
or jail sentences and in some cases
found by the court against those
charged with possessing or selling in
toxicating liquors, others against
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TAX ABOLISHED AT
MID NIGHT JULY 2ND
X» More Tax on Telephone er Tele
graph Messages After Mid-night
Tonight
Instructions received here Tuesday
by Manager Hibbard of the Mountain
States Telephone Company state that
the Federal tax on all telephone and
telegraph messages Will be discontin
ue d after mid-night July 2nd.
The istructions read as follows;
"The revenue Act of 1924 passed
Congress and approved by the Presi
dent June 2nd, 1924, abolishes taxes
on telepho e and telegraph messages
effective at mid-night July 2nd and
thereafter.'
Red Lodge on Monday. Mrs. Jolley
during her several other visita on past
occasions, has made a host of admir
i n g friends, who will welcome her
rival with enthusiasm.
It ha* been said that'"talk is cheap"
but after to-night it will be cheaper,
especially over the Wi/es.
MAE MAHON ESTATE
———
For the purpose of settling final
legal matters pertaining to the-Thom
as MacMahon estate, Mr*. Harry Jol
ley, of Winnepeg Canada, is here for
an indefinite stay, having arrived
CLOSING 'AFFAIRS OF
Mm. Joe Oerondate was a pa sseng
on the train to BUtfaf» Saturday,
where she will receive optical atteo
tion.
ASKED TO VACATE
ROOM IN HOTE
Former Mrs. Hector Colbert Request
ed to Leave After Scene with Hus
band's Lawyer
Mrs. Hector Colbert, of whom
much has been said and written lately
in connection with her husband's suit
for divorce, last evening was request
eed by the manager of her hotel to
vacate the suite which she had occu
pied since breaking off with her ni ■th
er-in-law, Mrs. Maturin Colbert, when
she discovered that the latter was hav
ing her trailed by detectives for the
purpose of gaining, if possible, suffi
cient grounds for her son's divorce.
The report goes that Daniel Farr,
who will be recalled as Colbert's at
torney during the divorce proceed
| irvgrs, is the other party in a scandal
that is bound to make sedate society
sit up and take notice going on fur
ther to say that the rumpus started
when young Harrison Peters, aiso i
prominent figure in the Colbert case
was thrown out bodily from Mr». Col
room8 b Y ^ arr '
The botel mana F er and hoUBe at "
ten(lants - F° in F U P t0 lt ' BCOver lde
tl j ouble ' ware Fleeted with the sigh
°J young Mrs. Colbert standing
Farr ln tbe ..T"?'' V,jL , f
ba ' r that T e ^. as rC0 ue^d o
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lea J®' ,
There is considéra p
among the upper circles ole socia
ly elite as to just what lead up to the
row ' and those interested in tho a.
fair # *p ect nothinE short of a sen r
tion when Peters reveals what ho
Miss Eda Roman who returned last
knows.
The entire affair will be untangled
at the Roman Theatre July 4th and
6th. Better be thre.
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NEW ORGANIST AT
ROMAN THEATRE
week from Rochester, N. Y. to spend
her vacation with her parents, will
fill the position as organist at the
Roman Theatre during her stay here,
young i B( i y i s an artist of unusual
tJ ,i entt s he is but 17 years of age and
) hag a i rea j y mastered the pipe organ
i[to a high degree of'perfection. She
lead her class while a student at the
Eastman School of Music at Roches
1 ter, N. Y. where she had been receiv
ing instruction under Jjie most noted
instructors in this country.
Miss Roman has filled the important
position as organiziat in the Eastman
Theatre at Rochester, N. Y. where she
played upon an *86,000.00 instrument.
The young lady will make her initial
appearance on the organ at the Ro
man here Saturday evening and will
render the usual Sunday evening coa
cert on j u]y 6tb
Milli Entertainers
Please Large Audience
The Milli Entertainers, five pretty
girls, which appeared at the Roman
Theatre here last Saturday evening
pleased their large audience as was
evidenced by the long applause fol
lowing each number.
The company is a high class musi
Italian and English and every number
was immensly enjoyed,
C al and vaudeville organization and
each member is an artist. The musi
cal numbers were especially well ren
dered, the vaudeville acts were enter-1
taining and the classical dancing was
very good.
Miss Mayme Grace, who has been
termed the "minature Patti" has well
earned the name and enthralled hsr
listeners with her beautiful coloratitge
soprano voice. She sang in Frwnch,
SHOPPING HERE SATURDAY
White in the county »rat between
tentes Saturday Mt». De Alley of
Boyd spent her time in attending
business mattem, which included
marketing, and shopping expedition.
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Red Lodge Completes Elaborate Plans to Enter
tain Host of Pleasure Seekers on Nations Inde
pendence Day.
Today and Tomorrow are busy days
for the different committees who have
charge of the Red Lodge big 4th of
July celebration. Every minor detail
has been worked out in systematic or
der so that nothing stands in the
way of making the celebration one of
the biggest ever staged in this section.
Reports from all the neighboring
towns and communities are to the
effect that the majority expect to cele
brate with us and a large attendance
is assured. Funds liberally donated
by the business men and unions of the
town have reached a figure which as
sures the purses for all the attractions
which will be given free to all visi
tors.
A large entry of riders has been
received by secretary Holt and some,
of the most renowned 'bronco busters'
in the northwest will be in attendance
at the Rodeo. The famous Winsdor
string of horses have never failed to
give the onlookers plenty of thrills,
Among the famous horses who will be
here the 4th are Timberline, Rocking
Chair and Winsdor says he has aev
eral" recruits in his string this year
which bid fair to capture the laurels
gained by this famous pair in past
performances,
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While elaborate plans have been
made for the rodeo, by no means will
it be the only outstanding feature
there will be a fast ball game, the
best horses and cow-ponies in the
country have been groomed for sever
al weeks now to take part in the races.
There will be foot races and novelty
races for men, women, boys and girls.
The daylight fireworks display will
be new and novel in this section and
the evening display has not been;
slighted. Great interest is being,
shown in the big parade and rivalry is
keen between the business houses to
soe who will win the first prize for
the best decorated float.
Hon. J, C. F. Siegfried! will deliver
the address of the day on the court
house lawn at 11:00 o'clock a. m. The
Red Lodge band of sixteen artists will
furnish music throughout the day and
will also play for the pavement danc
ing in the evening. The weather man
has promised to furnish the best he
has on that day and everything is in
readiness to enjoy a gala holiday
which will long be remembered by the)
localités and our visitors.
Bite 'Em
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10:00 A. M. Parade
Forming at High School
1st *26.00
1st * 3.00
2nd *16.00
2nd * 2.00
Best Decorated float
Best Cowgirl in Costume
Best Clown in Parade
*5.00
11:00 A. M. Speaking
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Court House Lawn
Hon. J. C. F. Siegfried!
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11:30 A. M. Foot Races
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Broadway
2nd *1.60
2nd *1.60
2nd *1.60
2nd *1.60
2nd *2.00
1st *2.60
1st *2.60
1st *2.60
1st *2.60
1st *3.00
Girls Foot Race—Under 12
Boys Foot Race—Under 12
Girls Foot Race—12 to 18
Boys Foot Race—12 to 18
Mens Novelty Race
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12:30 P. M. Base Ball
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Wye Park
*50.00 Purse
Giants vs. Indians
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2:00 P. M. Wye Park
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1st *160,00 2nd *78.00 3rd *50.00
1st * 15.00 2nd *10.00 3rd * 6.00
1st * 15.00 2nd *10.00 3rd * 6.00
Cow Fony Raes
1st *10.00
1st *10.00
Bucking Contest
Cowgirl Race, H Mlfe
Cowboy Race, Mi Mile
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Girls Under 16
Boys Under 16
2nd »5.00
2nd *6.00
3rd *2.60
3rd *2.60
Thoroughbreds Barred—Only Regular Stock Saddles
To Be Used
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Bare Back Bucking—(10)
Steer Riding— (12)
*6.00 a Ride
*2.60 a Ride
8:00 P. M. Band Concert
Broadway
9:00 P. M. Pavement Dance
Dance as Long as You Wish
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9:30 P. M. Fireworks Display
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CODY-BILUNGS
VISIT ENJOYED
Over One Hundred Attended Banquet
In Honor of Guests Last Thursday
Evening.
covers were laid for, over one hun
dred guests at the banquet under the
auspices of the R.L.M. Club given last
Thursday evening at the Elks Club,
in honor of Red Lodge visitors from
Billings and Cody. The meeting was
what the Billings, delegation termed a
"Better Acquaintance Tour" and it
was a decided success from every angle
Mayor Jeffery welcomed the visitors
after which a number of very inter
esting talks were given by members of
both visiting delegations and some of
our
heard from.
host after-dinner talkers were
In commenting on the tour, the Bil
lings Gazette of Friday morning has
the following to say;
Heartily greeted at all points on
their tour, the Billings business men
who are on a two-day trip through
Carbon county on a "Better Acquaint
ance Tour," reported from Red Lodge
Thursday evening that the visit was
proving a real success with many
plana of closer co-operation between
Billings and the Beartooth section un
der consideration. '
At Joliet and Roberts there were
brief stop* and visits were made to
all of the stores in each town,
were on the lookout for their coming
and the visitors were warmly greet
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All
ed.
At Red Lodge the Billings delega
tion was joined by a group of Cody
business men who were on a similar
tour. The Cody delegation was head
ed by the city's mayor, Dr. C. True
and John A C ook, vice president
j of th# Cody c(ub others in the dele
I salion werq h, A , Phillips, John A.
I Cu()k Mr an(J Mrs E A pi nk horn,
Mar( , aret Hayden, C. M. Cox, H. M.
Q oll j reau> Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lowe,
(Continued on page 12)
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Beartooth", Red Lodge.
Following we publish the program
as scheduled;