The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-08-25

Mrs. J C. Baker of Minot, N. d
is visiting her niece, Mrs. Fred Tan.
ner this week.
Mrs. l.. f. Montgomery returned
last week from Lincoln, Neb. width.
err she was called by the death of he1
mother in July.
A meeting of the w. c. T. U. will
be held at the M. E. church Friday
evening at the usual hour. Every.
body is cordially invited to be pres
ent.
Warren Sewers has bought all the
improvements and stock belonging to
his brother, Geo. Sewers of Baeth.
George is undecided at present but
will probably go into business for
himself-or may go east.
Mrs. George B. Clanton has been
enjoying visit from Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Rhodes and daughter of Lakeview,
Mo. Mrs. Rhodes is sister of Mrs.
Clanton and the three weeks has
been thoroughly enjoyed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rhodes left Malta for home this
morning.
| Byron Hurley returned from a bus
mess trip to Culbertson last Friday
and while there he turned over the
sale of his Wagner town lots to the
Valley Land Company of that city
and reports that a number of the lots
are already negotiated for.
An auto party from Glasgow made
up of Mr.. and Mrs Geo. w. Hurd.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. johnson, and
Miss. Hargadine reached Malta Sun
day and spent the first of the week
making trips that covered large por-
ton of this section of country. They
started homeward tuesday m mi ng.
Professor Fred Ballinger, the new
principal of the Malta schools, ar
rived in our city Sunday and is look
ing over the community preparatory
to beginning the school September 7.
Mr.. Ballinger is graduate of the
University of Michigan and an exper-
fenced educator. His family at pres
ent are visiting in Missouri and will
not join Mr.. Ballinger till some time
later as they intend going to their
old home in Michigan before coming
west.
In the last issue of the Democrat
the editor tried to explain the "dras.
tic action" of the Malta Commercial
Club in it's withdra wal from member
ship in the Milk River Information
Bureau. 1t may be that the writer
entertained the kindliest feelings
towards Malta and it's Commercial
Club in this attempted explanation
but from whatever source he received
the information, it was not correct.
W. E. French, the secretary of the
Bureau, has never been on the pay
roll of the Bureau with the exception
that at the meeting of it's organiza-
ton, he was allowed $5Ofor expenses.
The Malta Commercial Club has no
member who is anxiously waiting to
go with the exhibit car without being
recompensed. If the carts to be sent
out, the man in charge of it should
be paid reasonable salary for his
services.
Is. W. Brockway, secretary of the
Malta Commercial Club, states the
Club withdrew because the business
men who constitute the Club, did not
see fit to raise the amount of money
that would be necessary for it's share
of the expense of such an undertake
ing, which will probably be double
the figures given by the Democrat.
With fixed salaries it is easy to see
what that part of the expense will
amount to, however, the other ex-
expenses that are bound to accrue in
cident to trip of this kind are di fiji
cult to figure out, even by an exper-
fenced traveller.
The Democrat figures the expense,
besides the salaries. to be $500 per
day. 1t is very evident that this will
barely cover the board of the two
men in charge of the car. Where is
the advertising, entertainment. etc.,
coming from?
Further, the Malta Commercial
Club objects to sending out 40, 900 of
the $4,000 descriptive folders, recent
ly printed, with this car as was voted
at the Hinsdale meeting. The Dem
ocrat is fully aware of the fact that
it was agreed and understood by
every commercial club in the valley,
at the time of the organization of the
Bureau, that each town or club was
to have the number of folders they