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THE ROUNDUP RECORD
VOLUME VI. NO. 4a
ROUNDUP, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY. MONTANA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 , 1913.
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Cooley*
ROUNDUP WILL
HAVE ANEW JAIL
NORTH SIDE OF RAILWAY AVE.
TO BE INCLUDED IN FIRE
LIMITS.
The city council met pursuant
to adjournment last Monday night
with Aldermen Reid, Grant, Egan,
Leach and Polich, present. The prin
cipal object of the meeting being the
consideration of plans for a new jail
building, the plans submitted by Mr.
Grant were adopted upon motion
made and carried and the city clerk
was instructed to advertise for bids
on the construction and erection of
the proposed building. The plans pre
sented call for a building 34 feet long
by 28 feet on the site of the present
fire hall. This will have a cage in
one end containing four cells and sur
rounding this cage will be a "bull
pen" which will be partitioned oft
leaving a small office room and a sleep
ing place. The fire fighting apparatus
will be left in the old building until
such time as the city completes the
erection of a city hall. The bids will
be opened January 12th.
Permission was asked by W. E.
Wynne, for the erection of a building
immediately south of the Orpheum
theatre, and the same was granted.
This will be a brick building of the
same design as the Orpheum and will
be occupied by the postoffice.
The city attorney was instructed to
prepare an ordinance amending the
present ordinance defining the fire
limits of the city so as to include all
the property on the north side of
Railway avenue.
The fire, light and water committee
were ins ructed to confer with the
offices of the light company i:i regard
to the discontinuance of the arc lights
on Third avenue at First street west
and on Second street east, and to
replace these arc lights with small
lights and placing a street light at
the intersection of First street and
Railway avenue.
The city clerk read a communica
tion from the clerk of the district
court stating the appeal taken in the
case of the State of Montana, ex rel
oseph M. Pyles, respondent, vs. Robert
J. Brennan, appellant, involving the
chief of police matter, had been dis
missed by order of the supreme court
upon a stipulation in the supreme
court by the parties thereto and the
filing of a certified copy of such pro
ceedings as held in the supreme court
with the clerk of the district court.
It was moved by Grant, seconded
by Leach and carried that warrants be
drawn on the proper fund, in favor of
the parties and in the amounts speci
fied In the stipulation filed with the
city clerk, as follows: $100 in favor
of Boarman & Boarman, attorneys for
R. J. Brennan, and $1,265.00 in favor
of respondent, J. M. Pyles.
The city council then adjourned un
til the next regular meeting.
MONTANA COAL IS
WANTED IN STATE
People Along Great Northern Would
Use Native Product but Rates
too High.
Of great importance to the coal op
erators of Bear Creek and Rcundup as
well as to the users of that fuel along
the line of the Great Northern com
pany, is the determination cf the state
railroad commission to investigate the
rates charged by that road from the
two producing points mentioned.
At Billings, January 6, the commis
sion will make an investigation into
the reasonableness or otherwise of the
rates chrged by the Great Northern
from the two principal coal producing
districts to cities and towns along
the entire route of that road, in the
state of Montana.
The hearing is being brought on the
Initial motion of the commissioj.
According to information which has
leached the commission, the people
living tributary to the Hill lines are
demanding Montana coal, but on ac
count of the alleged excessive rates
they are declared to be prohib'tlve.
and the users of that fuel have been
forced to burn Canada and Shc.idan
coal.
It is with a view of enabling the
users of coal to secure a better qual
ity that the commission hac ordered
an investigation into the rates.
Otto Anderson of Fattig transacted
business in Roundup last Wednesday.
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News Sneoshots Mexlcnn rebel8 fa,led t0 c »Pt» r e the seaport of Tampico after defeating the fédérais In the outskirts. The battleship Vermont
was 5 a( ||y disabled at sea through accident to her machinery and was convoyed to port by the Delaware. The famous 400-year
Of the Week old painting "Mona Lisa," by Da Vinci, which was stolen from the Louvre at Paris three years ago, was recovered In Italy.
Chicago postal clerks and carriers were equipped with roller skates to facilitate their handling of the Christmas mall. Captain
F. R. Chapin of the battleship Wyoming returned from the Mediterranean trip critically ill. Miss Leonti Dalrymple, a New Jersey authoress, won $10,000
for her prize novel from a Chicago publishing house. Joe Tinker, the famous shortstop of the Cincinnati Reds, was sold to Brooklyn for $25.000.
ROUNDUP MAN MAY GET AP
POINTMENT AS INSPECTOR
Geo. N. Griffin and H. Beaver of
Roundup Mines Are Eligible
to Appointment.
There is a possibility that a Roundup
man may be appointed by Governor
Stewart as state coal mine inspector,
the term of the present incumbrent
having expired November 28th. Out
side of J. B. McDermott, the present
coal min inspecter, there are five men
who are eligible for the position having
passed an examination held for this
purpose last summer. The governor
must make his appointment from
these six men, Mr. McDermott being
eligible to reappointment without tak
ing an examination ly reason of hav
ing served cue full term as provided
for under the new law.
Those who passed the examination
last summer and are therefore eligible
for the position are: John Sanderson
and W. H. Franklin of the Red Lodge j
mines; Thomas Good of the Washoe
mine; Geo. N. Griffin and H. Beaver
of the Roundup mines.
The appointment is expected to be
made by Governor Stewart any day.
A. SHAW & CO. WILL MOVE
Will Occupy New Quarters in New
Shearer Building After January 1
A. Shaw & Co. are making prepara
tions to move into new quarters in
the corner store room of the new
Shearer building at the corner of Main
street and Third avenue. They expect
to be ready to epen for business in
their new location on January 1st. An
nouncement is also made by this firm
that they will add lumber and building
material to their lines next year. Ft r
yard purposes the vacant corner at I
Third avenue and First street west
have been leased and upon them will
be erected suitable lumber sheds. The
little room just east of the Hendrix
Mercantile Co.'s grocery entrance will
be utilized as an office.
It is not known who will occupy the
old hardware tsore, but it is tlftmght
that some new enterprise will be es
tablished therein before very long.
Fred Nolan of Willow Creek was a
Roundup visitor for a couple of days
during the past week.
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In order to show no discrimination
between plutocrats and ordinary every
day socialists the city authorities
found it necessary last week to arrest
F. M. Wail for moving his warehouse
from one lot to another without first
obtaining a permit from the city.
Charley Penné ott, it will be reraera
b red encountered the same difficulty
several weeks ago.
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In keeping with the true Christmas
spirit—Peace on earth, good will to
men—Editor and Mrs. L. R. Carroll
entertained the other newspaper
scribes of the city and their wives
i ing at their beautiful new home. The
ing ai their baeutiful new home. The
guests were Editor-Postmaster and
; Mrs. C. E. Wofford, and Editor and
! Mrs. A. W. Eiselein. Strange as it
may seem to the uninitiated the even
ing was a very enjoyable one.
THE NEW SEED LAW
New Seed Regulations Become Effec-iMrs.
tive January 1st, 1914—Seed®
Must Be Tested.
The seed law passed by the last
legislature comes into effect on Janu
ary 1st. This provides that on all
seed sold in the state, unless labeled
as not cleaned, there must be an at
tached label showing the following:
Variety, Purity, Germination, date
of Germination, where grown, name
and address of seller.
To provide for furnishing this in
formât ion free, a state grain labora
tory has been established at the Mon
tana Experiment Station at Bozeman,
and samples sent in will be tested and
reported without charge.
Witli seeds like wheat, oats, pens,
corn etc., send three to four ounces.
With clover, alfalfa, grasses and other
fine seeds, one to two ounces is suffi
cient. The reports will be returned
as soon as the test is completed,
which will he from three to eight
days with grains and from ten to
twenty-five days with some small
seeds.
Put your name and address on each
package, and when several samples
are sent, number these and keep a
record showing what seed each num
ber refers to. State if seed is home
grown or purchased, and if purchased,
give growers' name.
Address samples to State Grain
Laboratory. Experiment Station, Boze
man, Montana.
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MERCHANTS WELL PLEASED
Holiday Bcjsiness Far in Excess of
That of Previous Years.
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The Chris;inns season just past has j
been one of great satisfaction to those !
in business here. Anticipating a big i
holiday business because of the won
derful crop that was harvested in Mus
selshell county during the last season,
and from the fact that the mines have
been working continuously all the year
the local merchants placed orders for
a much greater amount of holiday
goods this year than ever before.
And their expectations were certainly
realiz« d. Steady streams of shoppers
poured through their establishments,
denuding their counters and shelves. ]
They gave up the idea of keeping their
stocks perfectly arranged several days ;
before Christmas eve. Their whole |
attention and all their energies had
to be directed to supplying the wants
of the customers who crowded in to
be supplied with things they desired
purchase. The merchants all state
that never before have they cleaned
out so thoroughly their holiday lines, |
and the gross business done tiiis j
Christmas was probably nearly double j
the amount done last year.
Miss Consuelo Schlee came down
from Lewistown last Wednesday for a
few days' visit with old Roundup
friends.
Marriage licenses nave been issued
during the past week to the follow- ;
ing: Judson R. Leggett and Rebecca
E. Henderson, of Lavina; Oscar Palm
er Gothu and Sylvia Ruth Harrington ]
of Ryegate; Christian J. Ru. nhall of i
Elbon, S. D , and Lena J. Kruse of.
Roundup; Harry J. McCabe of Utica,
Montana, and Genevive Putman Sper- j
ry of Straw, Montana; Carl H. Bryant ]
of Ingomar and Sidona Oesterreich of,
Cbaska, Minn, |
SUFFERS PAINFUL ACCIDENT
R. Lishman Severely Burned
About Face and Arms as Result
of Gasoline Explosion.
Mrs. It. Lishman suffered a painful
accident last Tuesday shortly after
noon. While engaged in cleaning
seme clothes with gasoline, the oil
became overheated due to the fire in
the kitchen range and exploded, sett
ing her clothing on fire. Site had pres
ense of mind and pluck enough to
throw the can of blazing gasoline out
of the house and then rush out and
roll in the snow until the tire in her
garments were . xtinguished. She sus- 1
tained severe burns about her face j
and arms, but. is getting along nicely]
and the burns will probably heal with- j
cut leaving sears. Her little baby
girl was in the house at the time but
was fortunately in another room. The
fire resulting from the explosion gutt
d the kitchen of the house, burning
] out the back door almost entirely.
The fire department responded prompt
ly to the summons, otherwise the en
tire house would probably have burned
down.
EVERYBODY HAD A MERRY
CHRISTMAS IN ROUNDUP
Poor and Unfortunate Adequately Re
membered—Churches Give Ela
borate Entertainments.
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It is safe to say that no one went
hungry on Christmas day in Roundup
or its vicinity. If anyone did it was
certainly not the fault of the commit
tees of the various organizations of
the city, who always remember the
poor during the yulotid«. The leaders
in this work this year, us well as last,
was probably the local aerie of Eagles.
This committee fairly scoured Round
up and the camps for folks to whom
the coming of Christmas day meant
only another day of short, and poor
rations. Over twenty families were
provided with a substantial order of
groceries and a few knicknacks
tiirown in for good measure and a re
minder of the season. The local bar
tenders' union contributed liberally to
the needy ones, and other organisa- j
tiens did effective work towards mak- !
ing tiiis a happy season for the less i
fortunate. Even the high school girls,'
imbued with the fine pirit of charity,
solicited contributions and placed one;
family beyond the danger of want for.
quite a time.
The churches, a :uial, gladdened
the hearts of the litt le ones with their
Christmas trees a d . nt'itainmcnts.
To these, the poor children were just
cs welcome as t lu ; e more comfortably
situated and all v. re treated alike
and bountifully vith fruit, candles,
nuts and gifts of various sorts.
It has been a happy Christmas; a:
Christmas worthy of Roundup.
STOUT INTRODUCES BILL
FOR GAME PRESERVE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.— Represen
tative Thomas Stout has introduced a
bill to establish the Big Snowy moun
tain game preserve, to be composed of
lands in the Jefferson national fosest,
to serve as a breeding ground from
which other public lands may be re
stocked with game.
CONTRACTOR HAFSOS GETS
BIG GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
Will Return to Roundup in Spring to
Make His Permanent Head
quarters Here.
Contractor R. K. llafsos left last
week for his home in Sioux City, la.,
to spend the holidays, going by way of
Waphetou, N. D., where he will look
over the ground in connection with a
big government contract which he 1ms
secured at that place.
While here Mr. llafsos erected two
of Roundup's most beautiful and sub
stantial buildings, namely the Citi
zens State Bank and the addition to
the Roundup public schools. Mr. Hut
son has been in the contracting busi
ness on large buildings for a number
of years, and his work is of the best
as the two new local buildings testify.
Architect Link, who drew the plans
for the school building, says that the
work done by Mr. llafsos is better
than be expect« 1 and tip to the letter
in every particulr.
Mr. llafsos will return to Roundup
in the spring with his entire equip
ment and will make Roundup his per
manent headquarters.
ROUNDUP TO HAVE CRACK
BALL TEAM COMING YEAR
Archie Conley Back in Roundup and Is
Already Preparing for 1914 Base
ball Season.
Archie Conley, who was one of the
stars on Roundup's bull team in 1912,
and who last year played with Lewis
town in the Midland league, is back
in Roundup and will make his hlme
here. "Con" is already busy lining up
fer the 1914 baseball season, and
promises Roundup a crack team, it
being Ills intention to gather tog'fther
a bunch of players that will transport
local fans to the highest ecstasy of de
light. After a year of listless ball
playing Roundup will be ripe for
another real ball club the corning sea
son, and it is a foregone conclusion
that tin? club will not be hampered
by any financial stringency by reason
of lack of Interest.
Among the players that have al
ready been signed tip in a tentative
way are johnny Hopkins, pitcher of
Lewistown; Jim McQuad of Lewis
town, who will be remembered by
local fans a tile Judith Basin metro
polis' classy short stop when they
played here during the 1912 season;
and the Ehrig brothers, both pitehrs
of nom ■ ■ not'-, ii is also probable that
Ike Nelson, Roundup's old catcher,
may be induced to return from Glen
dive where be is now locat'd. If no
other players but those mentioned are
secured, a splendid team could be
built up with the aid of local players,
a number of whom are some pump
kins themselves.
County Attorney G. J. Jeffries this
week commenced condemnation pro
ceedings against Mrs. Gilbertson for
right of way for a county road thru
her ranch north of Franklin.
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Do not forget to register for the
water bond election. Two days in
which to register, Monday and Tues
day, Dec. 29th and 30th.
FARMERS' IN8TI
TUTE JANUARY 10
INTERESTING PROGRAMME FOR
FARMERS WILL BE PRESENT
ED HERE SAT., JAN. 10.
Olaf Jensvold, formerly manager of
the experiment farm north of Round
up, lias been advised by F. S. *
superintendent of the Montana Farm
ers' Institutes, of Bozeman, that a
farmers' institute will bo held ill
Roundup on Saturday, January 10th.
Arrangements are being made for
an interesting program, and no farmer
should fail to attend the institute.
Many things of great importance will
be discussed, and noted agriculturists
will be present to answer any que»
tlons that may be asked and to offer
good suggestions as to the proper
methods to be followed in scientifie
husbandry.
The speakers to be included la tho
program have not all been chosen at
yet; but announcement Is made that
lion. O. C. Gegg, of Minnesota, one of
the foremost dairymen in the country,
will be one of the principle speakers.
One of his best talks is, "The Five
Points of a Dairy Cow." A. J. Wt.l
rath, one of the bonanza grain farm
ers of the Gullutiu valley, a very good
speaker, will speak along his special
line of endeavor. Supt. F. S. Cooley
and probably Prof. Linficld will also
be present to deliver addresses.
Arrangements will be made locally
fo the entertainment of farmers com
ing in to attond the institute. The
hours and more details about the pro
gram will be published later.
24 OIL AND GAS GRANTS
FILED HERE WEDNESDAY
Holders of Grants Confident That Oil
and Gas Will Be Found in
Paying Quantities.
A representative of M. J. Scott and
J. V. McGrecvy, who are supposed to
represent the big oil companies of
this country, during the past month
secured oil and gas grants from prac
tically all the owners of land in the
Big Coulee country south of Ryegate.
These grants were filed for record In
the office of County Clerk and Record
er Fred Itenshaw on Wednesday. This
company has been quietly looking the
country over and feel quite confident
that they will be well repaid for the
labor and money which they propose
to expend. The grants were ull pro
cured on the royalty basis. The roy
alty given to the owners of the lands
will be ten per cent on the net pro
ceeds of tho production of the wells.
The company will begin drilling with
one drill about March 1, and the con
tracts with the landowners «"til for the
sinking of at least a 3,000 foot well on
the land owned by each individual.
The descriptions of the lands to which
the company was given oil and gas
gants and the names of the respective
owners follow:
Fred W. Harr, e^sw'A, w Vise Vi, sec
4- 5-20.
Fred W. Barr, oM>. swU, e'/inwli,
and s'/j, 10 acres w%nwV4, 9-5-20.
Wilbert Bissell, ne'/i, 18-5-20.
Signal Winther, all 11, and 29-5-19.
Jennie Barr, nw',4. 20-5-20.
Henry 1). Doering, all 17-5-19.
David B. Morrison, sVfese%,sViBW%,
22-5 19.
David G. Anderson, s%swl4, ne*4
sw'/i, seVi, section 10; w Vfc ne%, wVt
Beil. 20-5 20.
Erwin Wiltse, sl&ne!4> sVjnw'A, 34
5- 19; nVfcswVi. nwî4seVl, 34-5-19.
T. Ii. Edgetron, d/osw'i, lots 3 and 4
sec. 11-5-20.
Michael D. Schaff, all, 25-5-19.
Frank M. Brock, lois 1-2-3-4, 30-5-19.
Micha I D. Schaff, all, 19-29-31; 5-20.
John It. Blair, n! 2 , 33-5-20.
C. F. Bassett, all e•<> 5-5-20 above
rim rock!
Çlaud G, H1U, all 35 and nwVi, 36-5
19................
Sether A. Schaff, ne14, 26-5-19.
Charles -H. Mullen, el£se!4, sw%
ge 14 , sel4sw14, 34-5-19.
Walter L. Bassett, e%sel4, sl&nel4
45-20.
Lillie Achelpchl, ne%, 30-5-20.
John B. Blair. ne!4, 32-5-20.
H. D. Barr sw!4, 32-6-20.
John. E. Rounds, nwli, 32-5-20.
J. F. Achelpohl, se!4 , 30-6-20. .**: «
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