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VOLUME XII \
GLASGOW, VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915.
NUMBER 19
SHOT OVER
ROAD DISPUTE
Kenneth Weil and E. C. Passche
Shot by "Moonshine" Smith
WOUNDS ARE NOT SERIOUS
Refusal to Stop Work on Road Cause
of Shooting. Wounded Men are
Brought to Glasgow.
Kenneth Weil and E. C. Passche of
Oswego were brought here on Train
No. 3 Wednesday night, suffering from
gunshot wounds, and were taken to
the Deaconess Hospital.
Both men are tn3 victims of a rath
<r unfortunate shooli.ig affair that
oce irred south of Ofwego lat*t week,
when "Moonshine" Smith t ck a shot
at them while th-sy were repairing
a mad that crossed his '*!id.
The trouble started when Otto
Smith, known in that vicinity as
"Moonshine" Smith, objected to Weil
and Passche laying out a road through
his land. The road was being con
structed under the supervision of and
with funds supplied by the Commer
cial Club of Oswego, to enable set
tlers in the Prairie Elk country to
have a good road to market this fall.
Passche was working on the road but
when Smith objected to having it
where it was intended, word was sent
to Oswego, asking advice.
Kenneth Weil was sent out to try
to adjust the trouble but Smith was
obstinate and refused to let the work
continue, and when he saw that Weil
was determined to go ahead with the
work, he stopped them with bullets
from a high power rifle. The bullets,
fired but a few seconds apart, hit Weil
and Passche in the left legs. It was
evident that Smith did not shoot to
kill but only to cripple the men from
the fact that Weil was shot in the
knee and Passche a trifle above the
knee.
Although Smith was accompanied
by one of his hired men, no attempt
was made to stop him from carrying
out bis purpose. Neighbors hearing
the shots ran to the scene and took
Weil and Passche to a ranch house.
Smith's hired man was then sent to
Hamblin from where an automobile
was dispatched to Wolf Point for a
doctor, who arrived the next day and
dressed the wounds. A deputy sher
iff of Dawson county took Smith to
Glendive.
Passche's version of the affair, as
related to a Courier reporter follows:
"I had two teams and was working
on the road south of Oswego. When
we came to "Moonshine" Smith's place |
we thought we would camp there so«!
we would be able to have water han
dy. I told Smith we were going to
fix the road and he said that he didn't
want the road fixed, but wanted it
changed, because people using the
road were constantly leaving gates op
en and cattle got into his grain.
"I didn't want any trouble so I
sent word to town informing them
of what Smith had said and Mr. Weil
came out and tried to persuade Smith
to let them fix the road, but Smith
would not give in, so Weil said we
should go ahead and fix the road.
"We went down there with the
teams and scrapers and Smith fol
lowed us. Weil asked Smith what he
thought about it and Smith said, 'By
God, boys, I don't want the road
there.' Weil said, 'Let me state the
facts of the case to you. Any road
that was not fenced before the first
of March, 1915, is considered a pub
lic highway unless it has been chang
ed by written petition.' Smith said,
'All right, go ahead, fix it up, but
you will always be sorry for it.' So
we went ahead and put in a culvert,
and then along came Smith with his
gun.
"I did not like the looks of things,
so I dropped out and went up on a
bank and sat down. Weil tried to
handle the team and scraper alone
but couldn't do it, so he asked me to
help him. I went down and held the
team for him and we had just filled
the scraper, when "Bang, Bang,"
Smith winged both of us. He shot
Weil first and then he got me in the
left leg.
"Smith then walked back to the
house. A fellow who had been help
ing Smith stack Was along with him
but he must have been too scared to
interfere because Smith had a revolv
er on him besides the gun, and he
was afraid that he might get hurt
if he did anything."
Smith is marrièd and has a family
of eight children and has lived there
about three years and was known by
the neighbors to be continuously
packing a gun.
Both Weil and Passche are rapidly
recovering from their wounds and
will be able to move about on crutch
es in a few days.
COUNTY DIVIDERS LOSE OUT
Those who planned to have the pre
sent laws regarding county splitting
placed on the ballot for referendum at
the next election lacked one county
to make their proposition good with
in the limit which expired Saturday
evening.
At the close of business Saturday
at the office of the Secretary of State
in Helena, there were fourteen coun
ties with petitions bearing the sig
natures of the requisite percentage of
voters on file. Seventeen were ne
cessary. Monday it developed that
two more county petitions were at
the postoffice, having been mailed in
ample time from Hill and Beaerhead
counties. That brought the number
up to within one of the required num
ber of counties. However, the Hill
County petition was not properly at
tested by the county clerk, so it would
probably have been thrown out had
there been protest. Three other peti
tions from Madison, Richland and Yel
lowstone arrived too late to be filed.
rvuiRiTC rnp «5TATF FAIR
EXHIBITS FOR si Ala * A1K
Secretary Moore Gathering Corn and,
Grain Displays.
Since the close of the Valley County .
Fair, Secretary Moore of the Com
mercial Club has been busy gathering j
exhibits of grain and corn to take to.
Helena for the State Fair. The corn]
display of the county will be one of
the features of the fair and practic
ally all the corn exhibited at the coun
ty fair will be taken to Helena.
There are a great many farmers in
the county who have fine fields of
corn who did not exhibit at the county
fair and Secretary Moore wishes to
get samples of their corn to take along
to Helena. The com raised in the
county this year is the equal of any
thing raised in the state and should
no. u»j — ,
should send some !
have no trouble in winning a large
number of premiums. Every farmer,
, , AI .. Dan j on«,,.I
who has any corn shou ,
in to the Commercial Club at Glas- 1
gow. Samples of Dent, Flint, Squaw
and Sweet Corn are wanted, at least
ten ears of each. The husks can be j
left on the ears as corn arranged
with the husks stripped back makes.
a very pretty display.. ^
Make Big Winnings
^
The two champion premium winners (
at the Valley County Fair were C. A. j
Collins and Z. J. Foust. r. o ins ':
with the largest one man display in
the agricultural hall carried off almost :
$200 in premiums and Mr. Roust's |
winnings on his display amounted to i
$1"
The corn display of C. A. Collins
was one of the best ever seen here
and his prizes on this amounted to
almost $100.
Thirteen blue ribbons, three sweep
stakes. four specials and one third was
the extent of Mr. Foust's prizes. Hç
won first for the best Driving Stnl
lion and the best Single Driver, the
best Jersey Boar under 2 years and
the best Jersey sow under two years,
the best registered boar, the best sow
with litter of sucking pigs, the heavi
est hog, best Tom Turkey, Best Hen
Turkey, 3rd best Peck non -irrigated
Turkey Red wheat, Best Peck non-ir
gated Winter rye, Best display of
threshed grain, best peck of wheat,
any kind or variety, best peck of hull
ess barley, best peck of non -irrigated
Blue Stem, best peck of non -irrigated
Marquis.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Martin Leonard and Mary Johnston
both of Hinsdale; H. N. Kent and
Anna Simpson of Hinsdale; Artie R.
Johnson and Minne Hungerbolt, both
of Whalen, Minnesota, Bernard J.
Dahlvang of Opheim and Helen Ras
mussen of Baylor,
THROWN FROM HORSE
Wayne McRea the 18 year old son
of Glenn McRea, living about eight
miles south of Frazer, met with
serious accident last week while rid
ing a horse. The animal became
frightened and ran away, and going
through a gate, Wayne was thrown
to the ground, where he was found
a few hours later by his father. A
doctor was ctlled and it was found
his skull was fractured. He was
brought to Glasgow and is receiving
treatment at the Deaconess Hospital.
1)1) ATQ1T FflP
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CLUB'S WORK
Commercial Club Lauded for Ef
forts in Boosting City
GOOD RESULTS OBTAINED
Vice President W. P. Kenney of G. N.
Praises Enterprise and Spirit
Shown. Work Complimented.
The hospitality and enterprise
shown by the business men of the
city and members of the Commercial
Club, on the occasion of the visit of
the New York Bankers' Association,
while en route to the National Con
vention in Seattle, has won for Glas
gow the reputation of being the livest
town along the entire line of the
Great Northern.
It is hard to realize that the short
entertainment that was provided the
visitors during their short stay here
would have such far reaching results,
but they carried away with them the
impression that Glasgow is "a live
town." The short automobile ride on
which the Bankers were taken,
through the farming section on the
north bench gave them a clearer
idea of what was being done in agri
culture in the county, and that it en
tirely changed t he views of many
thou * ht th £ * his
a " d re * ,on ' could be gathered from
their expressions that they had never
seen anything like it.
j The energy displayed by, the city
on this occasion was reported at the
offices of the Great Northern offices
i n St. Paul, and Mr. W. P. Kenney,
Vice President of the Great Northern
system wrote a letter to Dr. Hoyt
Mr. M. D. Hoyt,
Dgar on '
commenting on it. The letter follows:
September 2, 1915.
I got hold of a copy of the "Spiel
er gy an j rapid work on the part of
issued by the Boosters of Glas- !
gow, Montana, for the New York,
Bankers' Association Automobile ride. ,
That pamphlet certainly displays en- 1
- _ . .
fbout the shekes i
your Commercial Club people and you
are all to be congratulated. That is
about the slickest piece of
t ^ at j j, ave seen p U t acr oss for a long
while — cer t a inly the New York Bank-1
e rs will know where Glasgow is lo- j
cated and what jt^produces.^
ours Penney."
"Spieler" idea was entirely
c ecretar y Moore's and his efforts in
i y, av j n g the Bankers get the right, im
^ pression of this part of the state,
( bore . n g wonderful manner .
j one 0 f tbe three hundred East
erners w ho were on the special train
-
were taken on the ride will for- !
: ^ the treatment they received here !
| ^ ^ G]aspow wi „ lonp h
i membered b them as a hustling city ;
in the fastest growing section ot the \
state. I
While this is not the only occa.von
at which the Commercial Clulj has
done excellent service for the citv, it !
is one that attracted a great deal of j
outside attention. Every opportunity
to advertise Glasgow to the outside j
here, the increase in the land under
world has been utilized by Secretary
Moore and that his work is getting
the desired results is plain to be seen.
The Commercial Club receives hun
dreds of letters from people all over
the country, who have heard of the
wonderful advances being made in
eastern Montana, and have become in
terested, asking for information about
the country, and what oppotunities
are offered here. To answer these
letters and give the inquirers a clear
and correct idea of what is being done
in this part of the state is but a small
part of the work of the Secretary.
Hundreds of the new settlers who
came into the county this year have
been induced to locate hpre through
the efforts of the Commercial Club,
directly or indirectly. The rapidity
with which the homestead land is be
ing taken in the county can be realiz
ed from the number of entries that,
are being made at the Land Office,
which in the last three years were as
many as had been made prior to that
time, since the establishment of the
office.
The arrival of new settlers with
their families to make their homes
cultivation in the county, and the
large crops that are being hanested
from non-irrigated homestead land all
have a tendency to raise the price of
land in this county and it will be but
a few years before farm property here
will be as valuable as in many of the
eastern states. The Commercial Club
is doing a noble work along this line
and deserves a great deal of credit
for the results obtained.
light's wealth from coming into his
"THE UNAFRAID"
"The Unafraid," in which Rita Jol
ivet makes her screen debut, is be
yond all question one of the most ro
mantic and absorbing photo-dramas
ever presented. The situations are
as unusual as the setting in which
most of the events take place—the
castles among the hills of Monte
negro.
Delight Warren, the heroine of the
story is an American girl who has
been fascinated by a dashing Monte
engran nobleman and who daringly
goes alone to Montenegro to marry
him. She has no sooner arrived in
that strange country, however, than
she is captured by the brother of her
fiance. This brother, Count Stefan,
impersonated by House Peters, takes
Delight to his castle and forces her
to marry him. He treats her with the
greatest respect, but insists upon the
performance of the ceremony, so that
it shall not be possible for her to wed
his brother. The reason is that the
brother is a traitor to his country and
Count Stefan wants to prevent De
hands and being used to the injury of
the Fatherland.
The succeeding events show the
manner in which Delight finally be
comes convinced that Count Stefan
is right and the love which finally
makes a real marriage of the union
between Stefan Balsic and his Am
arican captive.
At the Orpheum, Sunday, Septem
ber 21st
REPORT BIG GRAIN YIELDS
Farmers in County Still Busy Har
vesting Crops.
The harvesting of Valley County's
bumper crop goes merrily on. Re
ports come in daily of yields that only
go further to prove that this is "the
best f arm i n g section in the state."
. . , , .. j q .„
' The bl ^ est y ie,d reported to date
whose wheat averaged between 45 and
60 bushels to the acre. The Hinsdale
Tribun, verifies the report, statin*
is that of Charles Tanner of Hinsdale
that the threshers were busy on the
Chas. F. Tanner farm about nine
miles northwest of Hinsdale this week j
an< ^ reports from there state that on ^
summer fallowing Mr. Tanner got an ^
average of 60 bushels of wheat per (
acre and another piece went about!
45 bushels. j
Reports of threshing in this vicinity ,
give yields averaging between twenty
ant * thirty bushels of wheat to the
acre while oats is running as high as
1°° bushels to the acre. |
nine miles
Pete Breigenzer, who has a, farm
northeast
of Glasgow j
threshed 2800 bushels of excellent j
wheat off 100 acres. This wheat is j
all high grade and up to the standard
of the grain that is being raised
the north bench this fall. |
An average of 25 bushesl of wheat,
to the acre from 220 acres was thresh
ed this week on the farm of Nels
Dokken near the city. While thresh- j
ing had not begun as yet in the north (
country, some extraordinary yields
are predicted, as where the grain has
been cut the shocks are very thick,
and samples brought in show the
heads to be large and well filled. A
field of oats belonging to N. L. Jen
nings near Baylor has been estimated
by those who have observed it, to
yield from 75 to 100 bushels to the
acre.
A sample of wheat was brought in
Saturday by E. T. Phelps of Baylor,
of some wheat raised this season by
Dr. Miller. It stands about six feet
high and the long heads and large
kernels indicate that the yield will be
big. •
ENGINEER WELDY HURT
Engineer L. A. Weldy was injured
Saturday at Williston while assisting
in unloading a silo machine from a
dray. One of the skids slipped and
the machine toppled over on Mr. Wel
dy, pinning him beneath it. His left
leg caught it the worst being badly
bruised although no bones were brok
en. Dr. Van Dyke of Williston was
called and temporarily dressed the
wound and Mr. Weldy came to Glas
gow on No. 3 and is now under the
care of Drs. Hoyt and Smith. He is
improving as rapidly as can be ex
pected but it will be at least three
weeks or a month before he will be
able to use his leg freely again, due
to a bad crush.
COUNTY FAIR
SUCCESSFUL
Agricultural Exhibits Surpassed
Anything Ever Shown.
RACE PROGRAM EXCELLENT
Attendance Below Last Year Due to
Late Harvest. Motorcycle and
Auto Races are Features.
Valley County's fourth annual fair
came to a successful close Wednesday
evening. In every department, it was
the best fair ever held, and while the
attendance for the three days fell far
below last year's mark, yet there were
none who attended but came away
well satisfied.
The program of racing events and
entertainment features surpassed
those of any fair held here previously
and it can be said without fear of
contradiction that no county fair in
the state, or in the entire United
States, can boast of such an excellent
racing card as that of this year's
fair. Every race was for "blood" and
the horses that competed were among
the best racing stock in the state. No
horse had a walk-a-way in any event
and the spectator's interest in the
races was manifested by the large
number that occupied the grandstand
every afternoon of the meet. Every
race was started with a precision that
is commendable and at no time dur
ing the racing program did the inter
est of the spectators lag.
The agricultural exhibits at the fair
this year far surpassed those of last
year in quality, even though there
were many more last year. The late
ness of the harvest season is account
able for this, as many farmers were
unable to get their displays ready,
some not having their grain harvest
ed and others too busy reaping the
fruits of a year's labor to attend «the
fair. Samples of grain and root
crops were on display that far ex
celled anything ever shown at a coun
ty fair here and the many visitors
who viewed the exhibits certainly de
j j s much later than usual. The samples
^ 0 n exhibition were fully as good as
^ any shown last year and the yields
( w iH be much greater
parted from the fair with a good im
pression of what the farmers in Val
ley County were doing agriculturally.
The corn display was oxcoMent, con
sidering that the corn cro» this fall
ly
a
While the attendance for the fair
j was far below what was anticipated
, by the fair management, yet it was
a n that could be expected under the
circumstances. Hundreds of farmers
ant j their families who would have at
| tended were in the midst of harvest,
and felt that they would be unable
j to leave their work. The weather
j man was also responsible for a shrink
j age in the crowds, as a shower Mon
day night dampened the ardor of
on'many in the country who had planned
| on coming in for the fair. Another
shower Tuesday afternoon threatened
to put a damper on the attendance but
Wednesday turned out to be a nice,
j sunshiny day and a record crowd at
( tended.
(
Carl H. Peterson, County Agricul
turalist of Fergus County, who acted
as one of the judges at the fair was
greatly pleased with the showing
made in the agricultural departments
"I never saw such an excellent
showing of root crops at a county fair
as I saw here," said Mr. Peterson.
"That sample of Marquis wheat
raised by Mr. Foust is the best wheat
I have seen in the state this year, and
it should stand a good chance to win
first prize at the State Fair at Hel
ena."
The showing made in the other di
visions called forth words of praise
from Pro. C. D. Arnett, judge of the
livestock.
"I was actually surprised at the ex
cellent showing of high grade live
stock here," said Prof. Arnett, "in
fact I never expected to see such a
fine showing of registered stock, both
of cattle, horses, and hogs.
"If more farmers in the county
would follow the lead taken by those
making the showing at the fair, and
buy and raise registered stock, it will
not be long before Valley County will
rank first among the counties in the
state as having the best live stock.
The work of preparing for the fair
and managing it while in progress
was a tremendous task and the bulk
of it fell on the shoulders of S. C.
Moore, Secretary of the Commercial
Club
Few people realize the work
connected with his position, but it has
been an undertaking in which he
proved his worth.
Speaking of the fair, Mr. Moot«
said yesterday:
"The Fair Association appreciates
the extra effort taken by the farmers
to make exhibits at the fair, and ev
erything shown in all departments, ag
ricultural, and others, was of the very
highest class. We were very much
pleased to see these farmers lay aside
their work at home, when they were
so busy: These farmers are certain
ly doing their share to advertise the
county, and let outside people know
what we are producing here, which
will all tend to get the country settled
up and raise the price of land.
"While the receipts were not up to
what was expected, we know that no
one is to blame for this, but that it
was owing to the very late harvest
season and the many duties at home
that kept the people from attending.
"We do not know just what the
total expense will be, but we expect
that the fair will close with a déficit
due to the extra large premiums for
the exhibits.
"We suppose that it will be neces
sary for us to call on the business
men and members of the Commercial
Club of Glasgow to help us out, but
we will wait until all bills are in and
premiums paid before we ask for any
assistance."
Racing a Feature.
The races at the fair were one of
the chief attractions. The horses en
tered were among the best racing
stock in the state and every event was
a real live affair. Benny Thompson,
owned by Wolf & Culbertson of Mal
ta, was a big winner and Babble, own
ed by Arlington was in the money
several times. The endurance race
was won by Choisser who had 19 sec
onds the best of Archie Henderson for
the three days. Choisser won Mon
day and Tuesday but Wednesday,
Henderson cut down the big lead but
not enough to win first money. Wal
ter Twitchell, riding Shorty in tha
Novelty iace came in second.
The motorcycle races furnished
thrills for the crowd Monday and
Wednesday. Lawrence Beizer, rid
ing an Indian won first money with
Jess Pierce on a Harley Davidson
second and W. E. Bailey of Hinsdale
on an Excelsior, third.
No race was held on Tuesday on
account of the rain but two were held
Wednesday afternoon, William Re'zer
(Continued on page 7.)
GOOD GOVERNMENT MEETING
On the afternoon of September 4th
the Good Government Organization
held its first regular meeting of the
fiscal year at Odd Fellows' Hall.
Mrs. John Willis reported on the
■general conference of the State Good
Government Organization held at
Missoula, outlining the state constitu
tien and by-laws.
On'motion the following resolution
by Dr. Anna Shaw was adopted:
WHEREAS, the women of Cali
fornia, appreciating their privileges
and opportunities as voters, most ear
nestly desire to aid their sisters in
other states to gain the franchise; and
"WHEREAS, such assistance is be
ing sought by two national suffrage
organizations which have opposing
policies, namely: on the one hand, the
policy of strict non-partisanship, re
fusing to oppose any political party,
or any individual representative of
that party, because of the action or
non-action of the majority of his par
ty; and, on the other hand, the policy
of holding the party in power res
ponsible, by opposing its individual
representatives, regardless of their
individual records, because of the non
passage of suffrage legislation; there
fore be it
RESOLVED, That the
Club of believes that
women voters can best aid the nation
al suffrage movement by refusing to
align themselves against any party,
or against any representative of that
party, because of the non-passage of
suffrage legislation."
The annual election of officers took
place at this meeting resulting in the
following: President, Mrs. John Wil
lis; First Vice President, Mrs. John
Lewis; Second Vice President, Mrs.
D. S. Williams; Third Vice President*
Mrs. Maurice Reuler; recording sec
retary, Mrs. H. M. Mclntyre; Corres
ponding Secretary, Mrs. W. A. Baynr
ham; Treasurer, Mrs. C. C. Storing.
After the election of officers the
meeting adjourned to meet September
18th at 3:00 p. m., at the Odd Fel
( lows' Hall.