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RED LODGE, CARBON COUNTY, MONTANA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1024.
VOL. 1, NO. 32.
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LICAN MEETUNGS
A meeting which was attended by
most of the Republican county candi
dates was held at Fromberg on Thurs
day. On Saturday the Republicans
held a meeting at Joliet and on Mon
day at Bridger. At the latter place a
free picture show was given after the
meeting, and there was a very good
crowd at the several places. Judge O.
F. Goddard of Billings was the princi
pal speaker at all of the meetings.
Mrs. Minnie Downard also made a
short talk at each one of the meetings.
Others who spoke were Mr. Fair
grieves, John T. Spencer, Albert Bud
as and other county candidates.
A meeting was held at Belfry on
Tuesday night, where Judge Robert
C. Stong was the principal speaker,
and the county candidates made short
talks. The meeting which was well
attended was followed by a dance.
The meeting on Wednesday night
was held at Edgar.
JUDGE GODDARD
HOLDS COURT
On Tuesday, October 28th, the fol
lowing cases were disposed of;
Mardin B. Bain, vs. W. D. Bate, et
al. The defendant failed to appear;
proof was heard and decree ordered
quieting title, signed and filed.
The case of State of Montana vs.
Sanfield Selaka. Order for injunc
tion signed and filed.
Ear! Brehant vs. All Persons, De
fault of All Persons ordered entered '
for failure to appear and answer.
Proof was heard and decree quieting!
title signed and filed. ,
U. S. National Bank vs. Maurice, et|
al. Demurrer overruled and defend j
ant's answer forthwith filed. It was
stipulated between counsel that the
plaintiff may amend his complaint as
to description.
The estate of John Parker, deceas
ed. An order confirming sale of real
estate and personal property was or
dered signed and filed.
State of Montana vs. Steve Meli
koivsky. Defendant was brought into
court; waived statutory time to plead
and plea of not guilty was entered.
The case is to be set at the regular
term of court. Defendant was re
leased on h;s own recognizance.
On complaint of County Attorney
John T. Hays, a restaurant and dance
hall conducted by Satifil Silakka at
Roberts were temporarily closed and
enjoined, pending a hearing. The
order was given by Judge Goddard. |
The disturbance at Roberts on Oc
toiler 18th resulted in the arrest of
Ed Whalen, Jack Weaver, Hearld
Graves and Roy Owens, on complaint
of Geo. T. Hau, constable at Roberts.
On October 26th they* were brought
before Judge James J. Berry, justice
of the peace of Roberts. The boys
pleaded guilty and were each Fined
$16.
Drys Win Out
In Ontario
Toronto—The majority for the On
tario temperance act reached the 40.
368 mark Saturday when returns in
the liquor plebise ! te had been receiv
ed from »11 but 741 of the 7.332 elec
tion subdivisions. The vote from the
districts already tabulated give 642,
196 for the temperance act, and 501.
828 for the gam of Honor unde'- m
eminent control; leaders of the "drys
T-ere confident the final majority of
the temperance act would be 60,000.
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Tb« TWf-vre Store et 119'/, s.
B-os-'wev is bene enla'-req eoH re.
i~r.-toi.ri to »-re-noHnte « 'arger stock
d«. •b.* the i'~»'it bndne" may
be to c—»e«- e-t-urda""«.
which 1res been in bn*i
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pess more tb«ri ten ye°rs,
been estwht-sbed
known a* the Hoffman Department
Store.
A comnle'e s*oek of dompa'le
eti good* and silks will be added, ac
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ANDERSON CHARGES
LARGE SUM SPENT
TO EECT WALSH
Helena, October 26th.— J. W. An
derson, candidate for United States j
Senator on Farm-Labor ticket sent
the followng telegram to William E.
senatonal
Borah, chairman of the
committee, investigating campaign ex
penditures: J
There ,s no evidence va „e
of ***** J?,. . .
Montana to defeat , ena < ' " t i
ot large bill boards advertis
ing Walsh together with many moving -
pkt»« f^ and other costly adver-j
tismgt^cataa that much
being spent for Walsh and not against
score" 8
him.
"The message Walsh sent your com
mittee looks like a smoke screen and
should be investigated."
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Washington — While its process
sought witnesses wanted in
server*
connection wth efforts to corroborate
somewhat, sensational, but as yet sec -1
ret stories, regarding the alleged mis
of funds in the republican cam
paign. the senate campaign fund in
investigating committee stood today
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in recess.
Chairman Borah received a tele
state rha.rmanTf the Far^eÏubTr
party of Montana, saying there was
evidence that large sums were be
ing expended in Montana tb defeat
Senator T. J, Walsh, Demcoràl, but
that there was indication that much
was being spent on behalf 6f his can
(The telegram is quoted
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Will Probe Straw Vote
I Resuming the inquiry Monday, the
. ,, 7 ;u .„ni,,.« now fields
Senat0rS W ' 11 S** 510 ™ " eW f,eld8 '
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business Tuesday jfrom hi. Kanch
the east bench.
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above.)
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Harold Madsen.! of Billings visited
in the city over Sunday at the home
' of A. E. Madsen, returning to Billings
on
on Monday.
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among them the "straw vote" taken by
tfae Literary Digest in the presidential
Committeemen in making
.campaign,
known that subpoenas had been is
sued for officials of the publishing
said they wanted to know
company
the source of the funds used to defray
the cost of the nation-wide poll and
the manner In which it is being con
ducted.
Another as yet unexplored field
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/which probably w, 11 be entered upon
TTn S PU ts -
► • { ^ ^ Repubhcan nat .
L Mellon,
^ committee,
nephew of Andrew W. Mellon, secre
^ ^ the treaflUryi who tbe commit-,
tee has been informed is chairman of
i 0#Uaction committee in that district.
the principal witness in this
- gg of thç inquiïy
Borah announcefi all te8 .
durin g the inquiry would be
jn public
New York Donations Lead.
New York was first among the
w.
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I states in the amount of contributions
'to the Republican campaign fund up
to October 10. An official report of
the Republican national committee re
ceived today by the senate campaign
fund investigating committee, showed
New York; total to have been $514,
621. Illinois was second with $390,
822, and Pennsylvania third with
Chairman Butler of the Republican
national committee has testified that
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$267,621.
it w« the purpose to obtain $2,000.
000 of the maximum budget of $3 r
t)00,000 from those thrae state«. Total
Ohio $71,
contributions from other states ful
low;
Massachusetts $73,710;
956; New Jersey $66,249; Missouri
$68,302; Michigan $67,364; Vermont,
$37,697; Wisconsin $30,848; Colorado
$20,282; Indiana $15,327; Nebraska
* 9 . 127 ! Minnesota $7,728; Connect!
cut $6.908; Iowa $6,779; Cakforn.a
' $6,466; Oregon $5.285; Kansas $8.026;
Rhode Island $4,906; Nevada $2,600;
Hew Mexico $2,141; South Dakota $1,
22 "'i West Virginia $1,217; Maine $1 -
170; Kentucky $461 ; Washington $285;
Deleware $105; Maryland $70; North
Dakota $44; Hew Hampshire $32; Ok
jahoma $6; Montana $5; Utah $6; for
eign countries $1,400; District of
Columbia $9,271; Alaska $300.
The eleven states from the solid
south contributed $60,397; there were.
three state* on the list. Arizona. Idiho
and Wyoming from which no contribu
tions were received.
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DEMOCRATS HOLD
INTERESTING AND
LIMY MEETING
night, October 28th. The meeting was
presided over by Representative J. L.
Mushbach, and the theatre was crowd
One of the largest meetings of the
campaign was held by the Democrats
of Red Lodge and Carbon county at
the Beartooth Theatre on Tuesday
ed to lU capacity,
The speakers of the evening
U. S. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Jos.
Kirchwing, candidate for Congress in
this district, C. E. Carlson, candidat»;
for attorney general and Howard A.
McIntyre, candidate for State Treas
urer, who entertained the audience
witn a couple of songs which made a
big hit.
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The first speakei, Mr. Carlson.
dwelt upon the extravagances of the
present Dixon administration and
pointed out that notwithstanding the
fact that the state had received bet
ter than three million dollars in new
fund, that the state had been ptung
^ further into debt by more than two
and a quarter million dollars, the re
gu i t being that the cost of running
and transfers to the general
revenues
129.03 per cent, Mr. Carlson is a good
speaker and hi* talk was very well rc
ceived.
state government had increased
our
He was followed by Joseph Kirsch
wing, who paid a glowing tribute to
'Judge J, E. Erickson and told how the
Democrats had shied «way in 1920
w hen Senator Wheeler was the can
didate for governor; tint Judge Ere-,
son had come to his re«c^jph*d
ed the chairmanship of the Deraocrat.c
state central committee and made the
fight for Wheeler. He urgrel the vot
era of Carbon county to vote for Sen
ator Walsh for re-election, and read
- a lerier from Joe Bosone, president of
district number 27, endorsing the can-j
didacy of Senator Walsh. Mr. Kirsch
wing said that it had been stated that
, ho
aacept
broke and could not afford to
1 -un for congress. He sa'd he mast
j plead guilty to the charge, but that if
| >11 the people in 'his district who
were broke would vote for him, he was
willing for his opponent, to have the
rest
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GOVERNOR LOWDEN
on Biuincs wed,
Frank O. Lowden, former governor
of Illinois, was the distinguished vis
itor entertained by people of Billings
Wednesday night, October 22nd.
Billings and Missoula were the two
cities in Montana chosen by Governor
Lowdm to deliver his speeches on be
half of President Coolidge and the en
tire Republican ticket, He was royally
entertained by the citizens of Billings,
being first met by a large reception
committee at the depot and later es
corted to the Northern Hotel, where
he was the guest of honor at a public
luncheon. The meeting in the evening
was preceded by a demonstration and
parade, similar to that staged for Lin
derman and Leavitt recently. A big
fireworks display signalled the begin
ning of the evening program.
Judge O. F. Goddard of Bdlings
presided at the meeting. Miss Elsie
Baxter of Chicago, national women's
organiser delivered a short talk on
the woman's part in the campaign.
Governor Lowden, who voluntarily
retired from the governorship, is de
voting himself to extensive agricul
tural ntorests. He is President of the
Holstein Breeders association and the
American Dairy association.
Because of his great success withlthe
budget system of which he was the au
thor in his state of Illinois, Governor
I-owden was called before the senate
and house committees when legisla
tion was under consideraton for the
establishment of the national budget
system.
Governor Lowden predicted the
success of the entire Republican ticket
on election day.
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FIRST DEER OF SEASON
BROUGHT HOME TUESDAY
To Mr. Jim Turner belongs the de
uil action of having brought fcu Red
Lodge the first deer thi» season, and
home at #100 a, m. and was carried
to the selected hill for the hunt by
Mr. Newman, and in just three hours
was back home looking for nelp U
bring home the buck which he hau
killed. Mr. A. M. Killingswurth with
iiis car accompanied Mr. Turner anu
brought in the prize. The buck wa.
killed in the hills west of town.
A pleasant social event of the week
was the dinner party given by Mrs.
William Royadtn and Mrs. J. T. New
ell at the home of Mrs. Roysden. The
dinner was followed by bridge, five
tables being in play. Mrs. Adams won
high score, while Mrs. Christine Nord
strum was awarded the consolation
1 prize.
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Heart Beats Stops,
Young Woman's Case
Puzzles Physician?
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Paris—A peculiar pathological c.isi
is reported from Lilli. A surgeon had
placed Mme. Marquette, wife of r
wealthy cloth manufacturer, undo
chloroform preparatory to an opera
tion, when he discovered that her
heart had ceased to best. He declare*,
ter dead and all preparations were
nade for the interment when a mem
ber of the family remarked that the
usual signs were lacking, the face re
taining its color and the limbs lack
ing the rigor of death.
Other physicians were called, bu*
none was able to say for a certainty
whether the young woman was really
dead or merelv in n trenoe. An am*,
nent Paris specialist has been sum
moned.
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Officer is Killed
Lb in-ston—Petroleum «''buries Wil
Uon of the Livingston police force was
of j ^bot end k ! Pe<| a< 8:36 o'clock Monday
night while he and two other men
, wore nu"suing a burglar, whom they
believed bed h'-nrdad * weU l 'o"' | d
ghivt to Death When Pursues Bsn-t'f
Into Northern Pacific Yards—Slay
er Flees.
to freight train, in the Northern Pacific
.y»-»- here.
if > TV- rioo had gone to the head
<vf the trai-i leaving Wilson to inspect
'he rear e re. When they returned
the they found him, with » bullet hole be
.low his heart, lying beside the rails.
Wilson died lief ore medical aid could
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LARGE CROWD HEARS DAN
kelly exrla|n m , nestax
Teils the People of Red Lodge of The Unfair
Propoganda That is Being Spread Over State
By an Army of Employes of Governor : vel
ing at Expense of State.
DEATH COMES TO
MEMBER OF CABINET
Henry C. Wallace Succumbs After
Operation.
Washington—Secretary Wallace of
the Agriculture department died Sat
urday at the naval hospital.
His death resulted from toxemia
poisoning which followed an operation
performed a week ago in an effort to
relieve sciatica. <
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Henry C. Wallace
The »«ertary passed away at 4 p. m.,
with Mrs. Wallace and their daughter,
M'ss Ruth, at the bedside,
been unconscious since vusiy in the
morning.
Dr? Jodi T, ,lJoone, the White House
ihystcian attendance, later issued
he following statement;
The secretary died at 4 o'clock. He
dept very quietly. Mrs. Wallace and
■or daughter Ruth were present. Im
mediate cause of the death was hacter
!m ; i, and the contributary cause was
ho'ccrstitis, inflamation of the gall
bladder."
As soon ns Mis. Wallace had reach
ed her home from the hospital, Presi
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He had
Mayor 1. U. Danley
Dies at Manhattan
Was Proponent Meson. Member Liv
ingsdon Scottish Rite Bodies.
Mayor I. U. Danley of Manhattan
lied early Friday morning at his hone
in that city. His death was sad news
o a host of Masonic friends through
nit this section.
Mr. Danley has been a member of
;h? livingston Scottish Rite Consis
ory since February 27, 1908, when he
was initiated into the Scottish Rite
.rders here. He was given the hon
rary thirty-third degree February 21,
1922. Mr. Danley has always taken a
keen interest in Mssonic work, and he
eldom missed a reunion of the Liv
ngston Scottish Rite bodies.
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Auto Collision Near
Trident; Four Injured
Herber! Dunbar and Seislner Children
Victim«—Hurts of None are Serious
children, a boy, suffered a broken leg
and the two girls were badly shaken
U p t one sustaining a severe scalp
, wound. The Dunbar car was wrecked,
Belgrade—Oct. 23.—Representative
Herbert Dunbar of Three Fork* and
t hree children named Seistner were in-j
jured Monday morning when the auto
mobile drv'u by Mr. Dunbar collided,
on the Trident road, with a car in
which the youngsters were riding to
school.
Mr. Dunbar suffered two broken
ribs and severe bru ses. One of the
j Just how the accident happened has
j not been learned. The collsion oc
curred at 8:30 o'clock in the morning
j while the chMdren were on their way
to school in Trident,
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be summoned.
He is surv : ved by a
.wife and six children.
Hun. Dun.M. Kelly addressed u large
crowd at the Roman Theatre on Wed
nesday, October 22nd. speaking for
two hours on the subject of the taxa
tion of mines. Mr. Kelley has been
making speeches throughout the state
in an effort to inform the voters us
to the true facts pertaining to the
taxes paid by mining compnie*. Hu
explained that he was appearing un
der the auspices of the Montana Min
ing Association, and as he was an em
ploye of the Anaconda Company and
familiar with their operatons, ho
would use the Anaconda Company as
his basis for figures.
Mr. Kelly said; "The question of
taxation is a very acute one in the
state. Bunks have failed from one
end of the state to other and many
people have lost their savings,
period of depression gone through in
the last six or eight years makes us
realize that the question of taxation
is an acute one, but I want to say in
just a preliminary way a few words
about the burden of increased taxa
tion. In 1880 the tuxes per capita in
Montana were $9.80 for every man,
woman and child. In 10323 the tuxes
hud increased to the enormous sum
of $50.00 for each man, woman and
child."
Mr. Kelly said that he did not be
lieve that the people of Montana would
treat the mines unfairly, If they had
the facts, but that every mghl the
governor of this state in bis speech
us was misrepresenting the facts,
claiming that the great Anaconda
Company paid |IJK) of taxes in 1921
arid |i.
documentary evidence to show that
the Anaconda Company paid $914,
121.00 in 1921! $8(50,748.00 in 1922.
He handed out cancelled checks to the
audience signed by the Anaconda Cop
per Company to substantiate this
statement. Mr. Kelly also stated that
the Anaconda Company had paid an'
average of nearly a million dollars a
year in taxes, and at tjie same time the
company lost on its Montana opera
tions more than $13,000,000. He stat
ed that it was unfair for the Governor
of this state to try to deceive the peo
ple.
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00 in 1922. Mr. Kelly produced
Mr, Kelly, pointed out that 1916
waa an average year; that business
in ail lines was good; hanks were pros
perous, farmers had crops und receiv
ed good prices and the total taxes col
lected for that year was $13,849,000.
From-1916 to 1923 the taxes had
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standing this the cry has gone from one
end of the state to the other, not by
I the tax-payers but by the tax-spend
ers, that we must have more taxes.
Sheep men and cattle men have gone;
I broke, there is no demand for copper
land the markets of Europe are closed
to us because of conditions resulting
from the war; that Montana has but
7 per cent of the world's supply of
cupper and yet we must compete with
the world; that if additional taxes
were imposed, that the mining com
panies, if they operated at all would
iiave to operate at a great loss.
Mr. Kelly explained that the Ana
conda Copper Company is but one of
460 such operations in this state, sep
arate and individual. He said these
mines pay four or five dfferent kinds of
taxes, which include a surface tax, a
tax on al! implements and machinery,
m ji| s and sme lter*. a license tax and a
on proceeds of its pro
ductions, which is assessed at 100 per
cent. "The corporation license tax
goes directly to the state, and with
those other taxes which the mining
companies pay, state county and city
receive the.'r just share."
Mr, Kelly said that one fifth of the
population of the state or 100,000 were
dependent upon the operations of these
mines. He urged, instead of increas
ed taxes, economy on the part of the 1
state administration and the abolish
ing of many useless boards and com
missions.
Mr. Kelly said:
In every corner of
this state, in every city and town, the
_ employes of the state, appointed by
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