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w*t wmSSSi^^ , v the Roundup record VOLUME VI. NUMBER 34. ROUNDUP, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1913. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCB MS BULGARIAN COMMITS SUICIDE STEVE KOLOFF BLOWS OUT HIS BRAIN8 WITH .38 CALIBRE REVOLVER. Foul Play Is Discredited Fellow Countrymen Dissatisfied at Sui cide Verdict of Coroner's Jury Tele graph Gov. 8tewart Reequesting In vestigation But Without Repult—All the Evidence Submitted at Coroner's Inquest Tended to Prove Case a Suicide. Steve Koloff, one of the most prom inent of the young Bulgarians of this vicinity, last Saturday evening about 9:30 o'clock committed suicide by shooting himself thru the head with a .38 calibre revolver on the Bert Ames ranch about five miles north of the city. Mr. Ames immediately re ported the matter to Sheriff Fisco, who, together with Coroner O'Connor went out to investigate, and finding it apparently a suicide, brought the body to the morgue. An inquest was held Monday afternoon, the jury finding a verdict of suicide on the evidence sub mitted. Young Koloff was in town on Sat-j urday afternoon together with Tex Rickard. He (was driving a four horse team and was to haul a load of lumber out to Rickard's homestead. Rickard testified that they had a few glasses of beer together, but that Ko loff was not the least drunk, apparent ly. Later as they started for the country, the four horse team driven by Koloff as well as the team driven by Rickard ran away and he testified that he did not know what became of Koloff after that. It was supposed Koloff then went on out to the Ames' 1 ranch on foot and that becoming sud denly remorseful over his misfortune in having the team run away and damaging the property in his charge, and having had enough drink to make it possible for him to exaggerate his difficulties, he had determined to end his life and his troubles. Mr. Ames testified, and his testi mony was corroborated by the testi mony of two others, that he was call ed to the front door by Kolcff about 9:30 Saturday evening after he had! retired, and when he answered the! call, he saw Koloff standing about 30 feet in the front of the house with a gun in his hand, and that the man told him that he intended to shoot him-, self. Ames tried to reason with him, telling him that the fact that the team which Koloff had been driving had run away was nothing to worry about; that he would dress and go along with him to hunt the horses. Koloff still reiterated his intention of killing himself and Ames again ask-1 ing him to wait, partly shut the door to go back and get his clothes. Just as he closed the door, young Koloff placed the gun to bis head and fired. Mr. Ames immediately notified the sheriff and came in to town and brought the county physician out. When they reached there, they found that life was extinct. The testimony of Georgiana Carroll who was staying at the Ames ranch, corroborated Mr. Ames' story and a little brother of the girl testified that on a trip to Flatwillow which he took recently with the deceased, the young man had fired the gun and intimated that he would one day commit suicide by means of it. Tuesday afternoon, two of the lead ing men among the Bulgarians of the county, Peter Evanhoff and Dion Re P°tz— sent a telegram to Governor Stewart asking him to send a detec tive to investigate the case as they did not believe that the right verdict had been rendered, or if he did not send a detective to notify the Bulgar ian consul. A telegram was received by them from Governor Stewart on Wednesday morning, advising them that the Btate had made no appropria, tlon to cover the employment of de- ' tectlves and that they should properly take this matter up with 'he sheriff : and coroner of the county. I Rumors have been rife since the in quest of a further Investigation of the case but it is difficult to see how, un der the circumstances, any other con clusion could be arrived at. Because of the one-sldednes8 of the testimony, 1 a number have expressed themselves HENDRIX MERCANTILE CO. MOVING INTO NEW HOME Goods Now Being Moved in Readiness for Opening of the New Store Next Monday Morning. ! j { ! | ' ! ! : : ■ 1 I j ; ; j ! ! ' : 1 The Hendrix Mercantile Co. will open for business in their new loca tion at the comer of Main street and Third Avenue next Monday morning, the moving of the stock of goods from the old place now being in progress. The new stock of general merchandise purchased by E. L. Hendrix on his recent trip to the eastern markets is also arriving and being put in place in the new store. When settled in the new location the Hendrix Mercan tile Co. will have one of the best ar ranged and most up-to-date stores in Montana, everything being arranged with an eye to the comfort and con venience of the public as well as to the expeditious handling of orders and shipments of goods as they come In. The large basement will be utilized as a store room, a freight ele vator beeing provided to lift goods to the ground floor. One of the features of the new store is a special rest room for ladies who desire to make their headquarters there while In the city. Elevated over this room i3 the office which com mands a view of the entire store. The grocery department which occupies the back part of the store fronting Third Avenue is equipped with a large number of convenient bins and other labor saving appliances to assist in the expeditious handling of grocery orders. Manager Hendrix expects to have a formal opening of the new store after things get straigthened out better, at which time suitable souvenirs will be given to visitors. DUEL OVER AMOUNT OF SALT NEEDED IN MULLIGAN BILLINGS, MONTANA, Nov. 12.— Because they could not agree upon the amount of salt which should enter into the making of a "mulligan" stew, Fred H. Piper and Alexander Marsh, both Scotch, both sheepherders and old-time friends fought a duel in the basement of a saloon, with the result that Marshall is in the hospital and Piper is held in jail pending the result of his victim's injuries. Attention of men in the saloon was attracted to the cellar by the cries of Marshall as he was repeatedly slashed across the face with a knife in the hands of Piper. A policeman was called and when lie arrived on the scene and prevented a probable mur der Marshall was found unconscious with Piper still bent on wielding his knife. At the hospital surgeons sew ed up nine long gashes on Marshall's face and several on his body. Piper claims to have acted in self-defense, altho Marshall was not armed. as dissatisfied, but no one has as yet appeared consumed with a desire to spend any money Investigating the case and as a matter of fact it seems that it is one of the clearest cases of suicide that has occurred here for soe time. In the other recent cases the local authorities have had to deal with a decomposed body found at some point or another and about all the evidence that has been obtainable lias been that the body was dead when found. Steve Koloff was just past 21 years of age, was reputed to be temperate in his habits and of a cheerful dispo sition . He had no relatives in this country, tho last year two of his brothers were here. One of his broth ers was killed a few months ago in the war in Bulgaria and his other brother left here last spring after having suffered an accident at the coal docks, and having been paid a considerable amount cf money by the railroad company on account of his accidental injuries. Steve had quite a bunch of money stowed away in the local banks and in one of the banks of his fatherland besides owning an equity in some property in George town, Montana. His sunny disposi tion had made him many friends in town where he had been employed for the last three years with the ex ception of the last two months when he had been working for Mr. Ames. LATER.—The county coroner has just advised a representative of The Record that a jury will be called and another inquest held tomorrow after noon to inquire more fully Into the evidence, and to question some wit nesses that the testimony at the form, er inquest disclosed. Principals In the WhUc Wedding and Scene o r>. 'use Ceremony 2 " ■ .fern r \ * " * * -nr m a 1 -'*"■•-'' 4 ; T HE eyes of the nation, particularly of the female portion of it, are fas tened on the White House, where on Nov. 20 Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second daughter of the president, will marry Francis B. Sayre. This will be the thirteenth White House wedding. It will occur in the east room, a lid the formal invitations have been issued. The president's wishes that (he wedding be as simple us possible are not likely to he strictly followed out, for it is apparent that the marriage will be one of much interest. It Is true, however, that there was not as much publicity as in the case of the Alice Roosevelt wedding seven years ago. The famous east room, scene of several other White House weddings. Is here shown, together witli pictures of tho young principals in the event GOHMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION ERS IN SPECIAL SESSION NOVEMBER 4. Proceedings of the Board of Com missioners of Musselshell County, Montana, in special session on Novem ber 4th, 1913. Present: C. M. Jacobs, chairman; Olaf Jensvold, commissioner and Fred E. Renshaw, clerk. Meeting called at 10:00 a. in. pursuant to call of chairman. Petition of Wriglit Harvey to con duct retail liquor business at Coal Camp on Carpenter Creek was grant ed. Application of Fred W. Dralle for license to conduct a retail liquor busi ness at Gibbtown was granted. The returns of the Melstone town election was canvassed and the follow ing officers were declared elected: — Mayor, C. W. Greenin; Aldermen for the First, ward, Chas. H. Arnold and Al B. Smith; Aldermen for the Sec ond ward, Harry L. Paulson and Clias. F. Grant. Tax sale on lot 11, block 2, Park ad. dition, cancelled. Affidavit for C. E. Snyder on taxes on Desert Claim taxed on Receivers' Receipt—contested—No Patent. SW»A SE% Sec. 18-6-20; SVfcSW«4, N W V 4 SWVi, Sec. 18-6-20. 1911 Tax. F. C. Metzger, E. J. Parkinson and John C. Sutherland were appoint ed viewers on Road petitioned for by U. W. Tartt, et al. Road petitioned for by Jens A. Houglum, et al was declared a County Road as per viewers reports and or dered surveyed and platted. Road District No. 25 was created embracing all of Township Five (5) North, Range Twenty (20) East and that part of Township Six (6) North Range Twenty (20) East, south of the Musselshell river. H. S. Young was appointed Super visor of Road District No. 25. The County Attorney was instructed to prepare an itemized statement of the deficiencies of E. W. Sniail, Jus tice of the Peace, and to effect a set tlement with the Title Guarantee & Surety Company on the bond of said E. W\ Smaii, as Justice of the Peace of Roundup Township. An award of $20 per acre for right of way on proposed N. J. Raths et al road was made. Road petitioned for by N. J. Raths et al, was declared a County Road as per Viewers report and ordered sur veyed and platted. REGISTRATION VERY LIGHT Very Little Opposition Has Developed and Bond Issue Is Expected to Carry. The registration on Monday and Tuesday for the water works bond election was very light. The total number registered now is I2i. Anoth er opportunity to register will be giv en tomorrow, tho that is only for those who for some reason or another were cut of town last Monday and Tuesday. The registration will probably be less for this election than for the sewer bond election. The registration for that election was about 140, and it seems hardly possible that. 20 of the qualified voters of this little city should be gone on one and the same day. Very little opposition seems to have developed to the successful outcome of the election, and the active sup porters of the cause have discovered only passive objections to the issue. There are a few wlto seem unable to get tho facts straight but. they are de cidedly in the minority. It is confi dently expected that tho Issue will car ry with a big majority. ***+*++++*++**+*+ * BOWLING + ******* + ** + ***<F-i>* Two howling matches were held at Case's alleys last Friday and Satur day between the Ramblers and the Colts, the latter team being lieiney Fletcher's well known bowlers from Klein. Honors were divided evenly. Scot es were as follows: Ramblers: Tot. Avg. j Citas. Thomas .166 184 109 —459 1 53 j Peterson .......215 183 143—541 180 j Wilson .........170 180 167—517 172 j Total ........505 503 439—1447 Colts : Tot.. Avg. i Earl Fletcher ..193 185 187—565 188 I Dad Fletcher ..176 146 177—499 166 Jess Mlinger . .143 156 171—470 157 j Total ........453 488 497—1438 Tot. Avg.! Citas. Thomas .187 196 144—527 176 j V. Snyder......173 145 175—493 164; Ray Bushnell ..145 162 120—427 142! Totals .......555 547 419—1517 Colts: Tot. Avg. Earl Fletcher ..138 178 144—560 153 Dad Fletcher ..162 185 178—525 175 Jess Munger ..153 125 175—453 151 Total ........512 487 535—1534 The Colts have thus far this season played seven games, losing one. Bert Peterson makes high score of week. Win's box of cigars on 215. Earl Fletcher makes highest average in match game, 188 1-3. Ramblers : POSTOFFICE LOCATION IS STILL UNDECIDED All Bids Returned for Changes—Bid ders Must Agree to Provide Nec essary Parcel Post Equipment No word has as yet been received here from the postoffice department ;ts to the probable locution of the post office. Last Saturday all bids that had been submitted to Postoffice In spector Paisley of Bozeman were re turned for additions which hud been omitted for the reason that the blank forms did not provide for the furnish ing of parcel post equipment. Five bids were returned with the necessary changes made. These five bids were submitted by Mat Polich (3), M. M. Klein and F. M. Wall. The bid origi •tally submitted by Citas . Urookman has been withdrawn. C. E. Wofford, the new postmaster, received his commission this week but as the government has not yet provided a place for the office with the proper equipment, Postmaster Schrump has refused to turn over the office. ANOTHER JOINS BENEDICTS Charley Comstock, Popular Young Blacksmith of Roundup, Takes Unto Himself a Wife. Bad news always travels on wings but good news oft mopes along on a fiat tire. So it happened with the good news of the marriage of Charley Comstock, the popular young black smith of this city, and Miss Ruby Scaiie, one of Roundup's accomplish ed young ladles. Tho marriage took place Saturday, Nov. 1, at Butte, Rev. Gronenveld of that city performing tlie ceremony. The newelyweds re turned to Roundup Sunday and will make their permanent home here. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scaife, who last summer conducted the St. Paul boarding house on Railway avenue. She is a young lady of high altainmjents and has many friends here. Her parents now reside in Deering, N. 1). Tho bridegroom lias been a fixture or Roundup ever since the Miracle of the Musselshell happened, and by bis industry and close attention bus built up a thriving business. The Record joins their friends here in extending congratulations and wish ing them a happy and pruseprous voy age over tho turbuleut sea of matri mony. MAY HAVE FRANCHISE IF THEY REDUCE RATES LIVINGSTON, MONT., Nov. 12.— According to word reaching .1. K. Swindieliurst today, Secretary of In terior Lane lias offered the Monidu Yollowstono franchise to the Mon tana men if they will make I lie same reduction In rates as offered by F. J. Haynes, from whom the franchise wub taken and who is attempting to secure it again. The Midland Empire is still feeling the effects of the drouth which visited the Southern states during the past summer, driving many of the farmers to look for another location. The splendid results obtained by Eastern Montana farmers for the past few years lias attracted considerable at tention and the drouth stricken farm ers at once looked Montanaward for relief. * * * The first, special permit for the es tablishment of su rniii er residences in the Jefferson national forest was is sued in Great Falls to Walter S. Bright, giving him the right to a tract near the south fork of the Judith river. * • * A rousing meeting of the local aerie of Eagles was held last Wednesday evening when a large class of candi dates were examined as to their fit ness to join in the flights of the birds. Mr. Madden w'it.h his automobile ex perience was found to be particularly adapted to rapid flights and Wright Harvey with his experience in riding range bronchos felt confident that the bucking goat held no terrors for him. Later he qualified the statement some what and claimed that he would have made a better showing as a buster if he had not been deprived of his spurs. C. K. Clarke was admitted on probation, the birds promising him a test on age at one of the coming meetings but he did not seem greatly disturbed by the promise. A number of candidates will be taken in at the next regular meeting on the 26th of this month. MELSTONE HAS LIVELY ELECTION TWO MELSTONITES CHARGED WITH BRIBERY AT FIRST TOWN ELECTION. Dollar and Half For Voto Stranger Who Accepted Money to Vote Is Under Arrest for Imperson ating Another—Offenses Charged Are Serious—"Drys'' Triumph Over "Open" Faction. A good, old-fashioned election with four candidates for mayor in the field* repeater votes and other trimmings of modernity was pulled of In thf enterprising little, newly incorporated city of Melstone last Saturday. Some of the voters at this first city election were evidently like boys with a new toy and apparently three of them experimented with it without realls ing some of the dangerous features of the experimentation. It was a case of a fight between the "dry" and "open" factious of tbo town and the "drys" not only elected their candi date but mamigcd to fiyd a couple of representatives of the other side with "the goods on them" in the shape of n poor, temporary sojourner whom they had induced, for a paltry oue dollar and fifty cents to vote there tho ha hail never seen the town before and now hopes never to see it ugain. On complaint of Justice Flemming of Melstone, Elmer McCann was brought up here lust Saturday even ing and it wus alleged that he had voted in the placo of, and impersonat ed, Elmer Swason a legal resident and registered voter who was temporarily out of town on election day. When Mr. Swason returned and found that he was supposed to have voted he started to investigate with the result that the other Kliner was pinched for impersonating a voter which Is n felony. When he was placed here in the county jail Saturday night he hesitated at playing the part of goat all by himself and opened his heart to County Attorney Jeffries with the result that Rev. Miliard was given n trip to Melstone to gather tu John La Favor and Arthur I. Smith who were respectively alleged to lie guilty of having contributed one silver dollar and one silver half dollar to the slush fund which caused the moral downlnll of his poor wayfarer, and led him to vote illegally. John Li Favor and Arthur i. Smith were arraigned here Sunday evening charged with bribery at an election a:td they both entered pleas of not guilty and their preliminary examina tions were set for Monday, November 17th. John LnFavor gave a personal bond of $1,000 for his appearance and Smith gave a cash bond of $500 for his appearance 011 that day. They have retained C. II. Tyler to defend them. The prominence of the two men charged with bribery, and the fact that Melstone Is practically the firBt town in the stale where the wet and dry Issue lias been joined with a suc cessful outcome for the "drys" makes this ease very interesting. It is not expected that any effort will be made to have the election declared illegal because of this irregularity. The successful candidates In tho election were: C. W. Greening, Mayor; C. F. Grant and Harvey Paul son, aldermen from tiie first ward; C. H. Arnold and A. B. Smith, aider men from the second ward. PURE SEED EXPOSITION BILLINGS, MONTANA, Nov. 13.— The committee which Las been solicit ing cash prizes for the first annual pure seed exposition, to be held in Billings next month, has been meeting with encouraging success during the two days it lias been working. Work ing only a few hours each day, the committee has collected a little more than $500 in amounts raging from $10 to $50. The premium list will be a long one and interest in the exposition is keen—and a long list of exhibitors is expected. Combined with the seed show will be a Farmers' Institute and Boys and Girls' Corn Contest. By a vote of 52 to 15, the citizens of Columbus have decided to Issue bonds for a municipal water system.