The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-10-28
LOCAL ITEMS
Halloween is Friday night.


Athletic Association at Garland S
Hall Friday evening.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ !,
f. church will meet with Mrs. b. w.
Brockway tomorrow, Thursday after
noon.
Coroner Charles Peterson of Glas-
gov, was in this city Friday, called
here by the death of Wilbur Sewers.
Junge B. l.. Powers was in the city
last Sunday between trains shaking
hands with his many friends and like
wise making many new ones. Mr..
Powers has made a clean campaign,
and his election is fOregone con-
clusiOn.
On Thursday Oct. %, the Bloom
Cattle Co., of Malta, had on the
Chicago market 21 head of ,445-lb-
steers which were sold by Clay, Rob-
inson and Company at 5000 per cwt.
This price was not only top for that
day but was top for the week by a
large margin as we'll.
The ladies of st. Mary's Guild will
serve a chicken dinner next Tuesday
election day, in Garland's Hall. Be
sides this, the ladies will have on sale
number of fancy articles, which they
will sell reasonably. The dinner will
be a swell affair as some of the best
chickens procurable are being fattened
and those who know the toothsome
delicacies that the ladies of Malta can
serve will not stay away. Remember
that everyone is cordially invited.
w. l.. Murray, the Republican ora
tor from Helena, accompanied by
Judge b. l.. Powers, Jim Fox, John
Survant, A. E. Ba Hard, W. II. Mann
and w. B. Shoemaker were in town
last night. Early this morning most
of the bunch started on campaign
ing trip to Homestead, Dagmar,
Medicine Lake, Plentywood and Red
stone, winding up at Culbertson Oct,
2S.-CulbertsOn Searchlight.
Hon. w. r. Allen, Montana next
Lieutenant governor made Malta a
brief visit the first of the week. Mr..
Allen is one of the ablest statesmen
that the treasure state boasts of, and
he certainly created a warm impress
sion upon his voters during his short
visit. He stated that the outlook for
the election of the entire republican
ticket has never locke better and he
was of the opinion that Montana
would go strongly republican next
Tuesday.
A. j. Brodrick, Mertz Grimmer. DR..
Mckenzie, DR.. Wright and Hon Chas.
Rose were in the city for short visit
last Sunday evening. The gentlemen
were among the many prominent
visitors at the Dodson big feed, but
owing to the peculiar medicinal pro-
perties of the Milk River water, which
they all enjoyed so much at the dam
their appetites became rather on tn e
elephantus order, and as they were so
near to that well known and popular
hostlery, the Great Northern Hotel in
this city, they took advantage of the
excursion train to this city and had
another big feed.
The letter recently written by Sena-
tor Carter to the Secretary of the
Interior in regard to the selection
made by the Turtle Mountain Indians
of lands in Valley County, in which
the Senator sets forth so plai My the
rights of the settlers in the premises,
is one of vast Importance to the home
makers of Valley County. Is a sub
ject in which not only Senator Carter
is taking great personal interest, but
Congressman Pray also. The latter
cooperating with Senator Carter in
the matter, and Senator Dixon is also
using his best endeavors to see that
such action is taken as will fully pro-
tect the white men who have gone on
the lands in good faith to make homes.
While there is no politics in the
it is known that the Repub-
lican State Committee has become
interested in the subject, and in
addition to the strong letter which
Carter has sent to Washington
on the subject, DR.. o. M. Lanstrum,
chairman of the state committee, has
urged that in justice to the new set
tiers who are prevented from getting
title to their claims, the investigation
should be pushed and a decision made
1t is probably due to this
activity of the members of Congress
and the chairman of the state COM
mittee, that inspector Good has again
been sent to Valley County, for the
purpose of concluding the inv estiga-
tion and making final recommends