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VOLUME V, NO. 2.
ROUNDUP, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1912.
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
SCHOOL ELECTION
TO HE HELD SAT.
THE ANNUAL ELECTION WILL BE
HELD AT SCHOOL HOUSE
TOMORROW.
TWO TICKETS IN FIELD
Retiring Members of Board Up for
Election —Question of Expending
8urplus School Money for Buildings
and Improvements Will Be 8ubmit
ted to the Voters.
The annual school election of the
Roundup district will be held at the
school house tomorrow, Saturday, the
polls being open from 1 to 6 o'clock
p. m. Although two tickets have been
filed with the clerk, it is not thought
that the contest will be a very warm
one.
The retiring members of the board
compose one ticket, being as follows :
George N. Griffin, L. H. Thurston and
L. Earle Brown.
The second ticket contains the
names of T. J. Mathews, G. J. Krueger
and T. W. Welsh.
The present board has decided to
submit the following question to the
voters of the district in the election
tomorrow: "Shall surplus school
money be expended for buildings and
other improvements?" There are
number of improvements that the
board wishes to make and which it is
authorized to do without submitting
it to a vote, but it was deemed advisa
ble to place it before the people
anyway.
There are approximately 500 voters
registered for the school election, quite
a large number being women.
ACTION AGAINST BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mat Polich Takes an Appeal from Ac
tion of Board in Regard to Sa
loon License.
Mat Polich, through his attorneys
Tyler & Moe, yesterday filed an ac
tion in the District court against the
board of county commissioners of Mus
selshell county, in which the court is
asked to review the action of the
board in refusing the plaintiff a sa
loon license at the Keene Coal Camp.
The commissioners turned down the
petition for a license upon a remon
strance being filed in opposition. The
appeal is taken on the grounds that
the signers of the remonstrance are
not freeholders as required by law.
The cases of George Bachman vs.
the C. M. & P. S. Ry., and the First
National bank of Roundup vs. the
Westchester Fire Insurance Co. were
this week transferred from the dis
trict court of this district to the United
States district court.
TWO LOST LIVES
DIGGING FOR COAL
FERGUS COUNTY MEN CAUGHT IN
FALL OF DIRT AND ROCK.
LewiBtown, April 5.—The practice of
homesteaders of digging out coal with
out doing any timbering, cost two
more lives Sunday evening when
Charles Akerley, 36 years of age and
married, and George S war tout from
Los Angeles, 46 years of age and sin
gle, were caught under n tall of dirt
and rock near Alton, west of Lev is
t ,wn
The men went to thh pH in the
afternoon and while taking out coal
evidently jarred the root which fell
upon them. When Akerley di<l not
return home by 9 o'clock, his wife
gave the alarm and a number of meu
at once went to the pit and com
menced the attempt at rescue. Alrer
ley had been dead several hours when
his body was recovered, but Swartout
was taken out alive, regained con
sciousness for an instant, saying ' that
feels good" as the air reached his face,
then immediately expired.
Swartout Is a Drother of Mr3. W.
D. Marvin, wife of a prominent Los
Angeles capitalist, who is spending the
winter at the Isel of Pinas. Akerley 's
father is in Los Angeles.
The Keene Coal company started
an action today in the District court
against Thomas Gibbs and Archie
Gibbs to recover the sum ot $94.50.
The complaint alleges that the plain
tiffs delivered a car of coal to the de
fendants which was never paid for.
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H. E. MARSHALL ROUNDUP'S MAYOR
Spirited Contest Results in Election of H. E. Marshall over
F. M. Wall by Eight Votes—Cedersten is Police
Judge—Leach, Drazich and Reid Are
Elected Aldermen.
Roundup's annual municipal election
developed into a lively contest Mon
day, the supporters of the various can
didates for office being much in evi
dence throughout the day from early
morning until the polls closed at 6
o'clock. The fight, in fact, was a lit
tle more bitter than had been antici
pated. H. E. Marshall, the independ
ent candidate for mayor, was elected
over F. M. Wall, the present mayor,
by eight votes. Charles Pennicott, the
Socialist candidate for chief executive
of the city, polled 17 votes.
The three-cornered fight for police
magistrate was not as close as had
been figured by the wise ones, T. R.
Cedersten winning out by a plurality
of 18.
The great fight of the day, however,
developed in the Second ward between
Drazich and Schroeder, candidates for
alderman. That there would be a hard
contest was made known Saturday
when Martin Rausch refused to allow
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ELECTION
RETURNS.
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For Mayor—
1st
2nd
3rd
Total
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Marshall ...............
.60
35
28
123
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Wall ...................
.60
31
24
115
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Pennicott (Soc.) .......
. 6
8
3
17
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For City Treasurer—
♦
♦
Richardon .............
.99
42
43
184
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For Police Judge—
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Cedersten ..............
.46
34
15
95
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Small ..................
.37
27
13
77
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McVay .................
.39
13
23
75
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For Alderman, First Ward—
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Leach .................
.76
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Quissenbery............
.39
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For Alderman, Second Ward—
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Drazich (Soc.) .........
*
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Schroeder ..............
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For Alderman, Third Ward—
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Reid ...................
+
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Scheffsick .............
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HAS NARROW ESCAPE FR OM DROWNING
AUTO DIVES INTO MUSSELSHELL PINNING NELS THORNE UNDER
IT IN FOUR FEET OF WATER.
Nels Thorne had a hair breadth
escape from drowning Monday after
noon While drivimr his 50-H-P. Case
car on the count} road etween t e
city and No. 3, something went wrong
with the steering gear and he lost all
control over it. Not being able to
make the turn at Brit Steen's ice
bouse, and going too fast to stop, the
car went over the cut bank of the
old channel ot the Musselshell river
and plunged into about four feet ot
water, turning turtle in the process.
Pleasant Spurlock, who was in the
car beside the driver, jumped in time
to escape serious injury. Nels stayed
with the car, being prevented from i
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Mayor—
H. E. MARSHALL
City Treasurer—
C. F. RICHARDON
Police Judge—
T. R. CEDERSTEN
Aldermen, First Ward—
H. O. BRITTON (Holdover)
O. C. LEACH
Aldermen, Second Ward—
W. J. NIX (Holdover)
PHILLIP DRAZICH
Aldermen, Third Ward—
E. A. J. JESSE (Holdover)
his name to go on the ballot as a can
didate from the Second. The support
ers of Rausch then flocked to Drazich,
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When
jumping by the steering wheel
the car turned over Nels was thrown
backwa r«l * at o the tonneau cf the car,
and for a second after the car struck
wa ^ er bought jjis time had come. As
j uc jj would have it one of the door:
had been forced open, and after work
ing himself loose succeeded in crawl
ing out from under the car. The soft
mud at the bottom of the river madt
it possible for him to extricate him
self.
The automobile was pulled out of
the river by a couple of teams of
horses after the accident. The front
part of the frame was bent somewhat,
otherwise the car was not damaged
i very much
the Socialist candidate, and the fight
was on until tho last ballot, was cast,
with i
he result Ilia Drazich went in by j
a. margin of 16 votes.
O. C. Leach had a walkaway in the
First ward, while the race between
Earl Reid and Elmer Scheffick in the
TliPd was a close one, Reid winning
by two votes.
All the officials elected will hold
office for two years. Although there
were 357 voters registered only 255
voted.
The new officials will take the oath
of office on May 1st, or at the first
regular meeting of the city council
thereafter.
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JURISDICTION OF PUGET SOUND
ROAD TO BE EXTENDED
TO ST. PAUL.
Beginning May 1 the Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound railway will
operate two more passenger trains
daily between Seattle and Chicago, ac
cording to R. M. Calkins, traffic man
ager of the road, who returned to
.Seattle last week from Chicago where
lie conferred with officers of the St.
Paul, the parent organization.
Extensive improvements in the
road are also planned," said Mr. Cal
kins. "The line between St. Paul and
Aberdeen, S. D., will be double tracked
to care for the additional traffic and
the jurisdiction of the Puget Sound
road will probably be extended from
Mobridge, S. D„ to St. Paul, giving
I lie western operating officials control
over the entire line from the Pacific
coast to the Twin cities.
NO. 2 RESUMES WORK.
Bridge Repaired Monday—Mine Will
Start V/ork Monday After Four
Days of Idleness.
After four days of enforced idleness
on account of the damage to the rail
road bridge across the Musselshell by
an ice gorge last Wednesday, mine No.
2 resumed operations on Tuesday of
''.i 3 week. A bridge crew completed
l.e repairs on the bridge Monday after
: on after several days' work, permit
ting trains to cross the river and sup-»ate
j l y the mine with empties and haul out
loaded cars.
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Walter Rutt and Johan Stahl, the '
German team finished first in the six- j
day bicycle race which ended Friday j
night at Berlin. They covered 2,653
miles. The German team, Lennon and
Callow was second with the American
team, Root and Moran third.
REPUBLICAN GOONTT CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN ROUNDUP APRIL 10
MUSSELSHELL COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE MET
HERE LAST SATURDAY AND SET DATE OF COUNTY CON
VENTION TO ELECT THIRTEEN DELEGATES TO GO TO LIV
INGSTON CONVENTION ON MAY 16— APPORTIONMENT OF
DELEGATES AGREED UPON.
Tlio members of the Musselshell
County Republican Central committee
met here last Saturday for the pur- :
pose of issuing the call for the county i
convention to select delegates to the
Livingston convention next month.
The members of the committee who
wore present at the meeting were
Chairman C. F. Rtchardon, Secretary
A. W. Eiseleln, Treasurer A. A. Mor
ris, and F. W. Henshaw of Lavina, and
F. W. Handel of Musselshell.
It was decided at first to have the
convention on April 16, but later It
was changed to the 1 Sth on account
of the Stockmen's meeting in Miles
City. The number of delegates from
each district were apportioned in ac
cordance with the apportionment that
prevailed In the convention held here
last summer. The date of the pri
to the district committeemen, who
maries in the various districts was left
were insructed to hold them any time
before the convenion. The official call
for the convention is printed below.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CALL.
The Republican party of Musselshell
county, through its executive commit
tee, has fixed Thursday, April 18, 1912,
at 2 o'clock p. in. as «lie date of n
county convention, same to lie held at
Newton's hall, Roundup, Montana.
It was doomed advisable by the oxo
cutive committee that the call for pri
maries he made by the several com
mitteemen for their respective pre
cincts.
j cincta as lollows, to wit
The committee inis apportioned the
representation from the respective pre
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No. 1, Roundup ........
No. 2, Roundup ........
No. 3, Roundup ........
No. 4, Melstone ........
No. 5, Musselshell ......
No. 6, Flatwillow Bench
No. S, Rothieinny........
No. 7, Wheaton ........
No. 9, Rye gate..........
No. 10, Lavina ..........
No. I I, Klein, Camp 3 and
Alt.
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1 telegate:
4 ........4
4 ........4
2........2
2........2
Lake Basin .............7........7
No. 12 Gage..............2........2
No. 13, Buckey............1........1
Total .................40.......40
The Republican electors of the sev
eral precincts of Musselshell county
and all other electors, without regard
to past political affiliations, who be
lieve in the principals of the Republi
can party and endorse its policies, are
cordially invited to unite under this
call in the holding of the party pri
maries and this convention. J
Musselshell county, according to the
apportionment of the State executive
committee, is entitled to 10 delegates
and three delegates at large to attend
the State convention to he held at
Livingston, Mont., at 12 o'clock noon, 1
May 16, 1912, where delegates will lie
elected to the National convention at
Chicago, June 18, 1912.
Said County convention will he held
for the purpose of nominating the
above 10 delegates and three at large
to the State convention, and to trans
act such other business as may pro
perly come before the convention.
By order of the Republican county
executive committee.
C. F. RICHARDON, Chairman.
A. \Y. EISELEIN, Secretary.
STATUS OF 3-TEAR
HOMESTEAD BILL
BILL WILL BECOME LAW IN FORM
DECIDED UPON BY JOINT
COMMITTEE.
There are some who are not quite
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clear as to the exact status of the
The Ilecoed will state that the bill has
passed both Senate and House, liiere
was some difference between the Sen
and House as to a few minor
Borah three-year homestead Dili in
Congress. For the benefit of those
amendments and the bill passed both
bodies with the provision that the joint
j committee of the Senate and House
' decide upon these amendments and j
j that the bill should become a law in
j the form that this committee should j
decide upon. The measure is now in
the hands of this joint committee and J
as soon as it leaves its hands it will
be signed by President Taft. _
ORGANIZE BALL
TEAM FOR 1912
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF FANS
HELD IN PIONEER CLUB
ROOMS YESTERDAY.
A large crowd of enthusiastic base
hall fans turned out to the meeting
held in the rooms of the Pioneer club
Tuesday evening, called for the pur
pose of getting the club lined out
properly for the coming season. Hav
ing got a taste of real classy bail last
year, the fans are starting out with a
determination of having a still bettor
team this season, and to show their
confidence in Manager Desmond J.
O'Neil, who so successfully piloted the
team last year, (lie fans unanimously
reelected him to the same position.
A board of directors, consisting of J.
C. llogue, H. I. Case and Dr. Pigot,
was also elected. H. P. Lambert was
chosen as treasurer.
Manager O'Neil gave a report of the
financial condition of the club, which
showed that although there had been
a deficiency of about $190 at t lie end
of the season, the management now is
practically even with the hoard. The
home talent play gotten up by a num
ber of young people is to he given
credit for this. With (he experience
gained last year the management will
he able to handle the business end of
the team with much more economy,
and ns it will not lie necessary to pur
chase new uniforms and other para
phnnnlin, the financial outlook is con
sidered favorable for a crack team.
Mr. Jennings of Ryegato, who for
merly was manager of the Beach (N.
!*.) hail team, gave a general talk on
(lie management of a hall team con
taining some good advice gained from
experience. A number of other fans
were railed upon for short talks, all
of whom expressed themselves as
being confident that Roundup can
carry off the baseball honors of east
ern Montana if she goes after it.
Following the meeting an informal
smoker was held. The little German
hand was railed in and while sweet
strains of music floated through the
air and intermingled with the smoko
from numerous cigars, the battles of
1911 were fought over again,
It had been planned to have an
Easter baseball dance Monday, hut on
J account of the fact that the Klein hoys
had already made arrangements for a
similar affair the project, was aban
doned. A delegation from here will
go to Klein to attend the dance there.
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BELT COAL MINES
WILL CLOSE DOWN
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just been made public under orders of
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MINES HAVE BEEN WORKED FOR
PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS—
216 MEN EMPLOYED.
Great Fails, April 5.—Upon orders
from Benjamin B. Thayer, president
of the Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany, the coal mines belonging to that
company at Belt will he closed Juno
30. The decision to close the mines
was reached some months ago and
the Belt officials were notified of the
fact at the time of Mr. Thayer's visit
here in January. At that time Mr.
Thayer stated that sufficient time
would be given tDo employes prior to
tDo closing and this announcement has
, , ,, 1fi n
uie past, icw jears, empiujeu .n lue "
F. \Y. C. Whyte, manager of the coal
properties of that company. The Belt
mines have been under operation for
the past 17 years and although not
worked to their full capacity during
in March. Already since the end of
March 40 men have laid off.
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Alex Ketchem of sixtqfn miles west
of Roundup, one of tflb prominent
horsemen of Musselshell county, pas
Bed through here today with a string
of mares which he is taking to his
ranch where he will prepare them for
the market.