The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-10-20
CITY NEWS AND
PERSONALS
NEWS THAT is OF GENERAL
INTEREST TO ALL--NEW EL-
EVATOR IS READY
FOR BUSINESS

Have you seen the fine line Of pipes
at the Bon Ton?
Mrs. Ralph Fifeld of Wagner, was
in Malta Monday.
There will be no school Thursday
and Friday the vacation being gived
so that the teachers may attend the
teachers institute at Glasgow.
Jay Brown of the reclamation SER
vice force stationed at Family.
Mont, spent Monday in the city. He
has been ira ransferred to Sun River,
in the same capacity-that of fiscal
agent of the service.
Edw White returned Sunday night
from Butte where he had been to at
tend the knights Of Pythas conven-
tion. While there he visited his sis
ter, Mrs. George Eastman. He states
the visitors were right royalty enter
tanned.
Mrs. Perkins and two daughters,
Lorene and Bessie of Winterset, To-
wa. stopped off in Malta between
trains last Friday while on their way
to visit the formers daughter, Mrs.
Dwight Jones. Tuesday, they left
for he western coast where they will
spend the winter.
Tax payers in this locality who are
complaining about the large amount
of their taxes should bear in mind
that the school trustees of Malta town.
ship were compelled to levy a ten
mills tax and that this sum in ad-
dition to the regular tax brings the
total assessment to 29a mills.
Ellie Regal, who has been city en-
gineer of Chinook, for several years,
having rendered efficient service to
- the municipality in that capacity,
r. has resigned his position and has
| shipped his household goods to NAL
ta, where he will engage in the sheep
business with George Jones.
= A. Jensen of the Amalgamated Su-
gar Co. has been here since Friday
+ making sugar beet contracts with the
+. ranchers. One year contracts are Of
fered at $3.50 ton. He is having
4 good success getting contracts and a
ss large acreage will be put into beets
or in this section this coming year.
>, Chinook Opinion.
lg The st. Anthony & Dakota Eleva-
er tor Co., through their representa-
re tive and resident buyer, II. Cunn1ng-
st ham, announce that they are now
e. in readiness to buy and receive the
he grain raised in this locality and that
G. the highest market price in cash will
IT. be paid to it's patrons. The price
s, paid for grain will be governed by
tn the prices of the eastern markets.
c- The new elevator in Malta has a ca
n pacity of about 30, ,00O bushels and is
er one of q number recently erected
We along the Great Northern Ry. in
.ly Northern Montana. The large in
fer crease in the acreage of grain over
nd any previous year in this section OF
in the state brought this enterprisng
company here to build, and if the
, munger of acres under the plOW and
soWpd to grain increases in a sim
t]e liar manner next season, then the ell
ZOO ev9tor force will be kept busy indeed
Or Walter kimball, bartender il
'e local saloon, went on a rampage
q, ave early Monday morning, and atte
'he flashing about mischicyously an ugly
looking gun in various saloon s, h,
'he broke into the rear of Ed. POWELL
oeA place and ordered Frank Martin, wis
'he was in charge of the bar, to duck
i'ei into The back room, gently empha
YES sizing his command by toying reck
ay' lessly with his gat" which to som
rice people loomed up like an excelle1'
sels imitation of a 12-inch krupp can
o"S on. However, Mr.. Mattin did nc
see fit to obey so grutf a comman
and instead he leisurely strolled 0,
l"s' the front door, but, at the same tim
ses' st keeping just little ahead Of viz
l'll- ious bullet which was rapidly gail
'oo' ing time, and perhaps only on al
LOG count of the gunner's poor eye a so
'aoy ry collision would have resulted
mos for the bullet struck the transo
dost just as Mr.. Martin passed throught tt
it ON door, The would be assassin the
% TO hiked out and made an effort to CO.
ders ceal himself. Marshal Casat
for placed him in the city bastile, whe
and he still resides. His prelimina
most hearing will be held Thursday NOR
8. ing before Judge Brockway.