The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-08-09

Have Mathews look after your land bus
mess Off
w. ]. Colweli of Frazer was in town
yesterday
F d. Sullivan and Frank Hilger. both
of Poplar were in town Yesterday.
w. II. Day of the Imperial Eevator Co..
arrived here this morning from Mime
apolis
ID. NJ. Moothart is threshing his winter
wheat today and a small crop of winter
wheat Of Edgar Williams is being threshed
at the same time.
County Attorney John Hurley. accom-
panied by Julius Listoe. came down from
Glasgow. yesterday and went out to farm
! near Froid to investigate an alleged kid
mapping case in that vicinity.
The Sowle Elevator at McCabe was
sold at a mortgage sale yesterday. 1. o.
Sletts bidding i, in for the creditors at
5000. A Farmers Elevator Company is
being organized there and they will pro-
baby purchase this elevator and operate il
| this fall
Mrs. Charles Johnson and Mrs Swanson
of Genneseo. Ill.,. and Mrs. Mossberg Of
1 Sheridan. Wyo., are in Culber,son tins
week as the guests of Mrs. p. A. Olson.
Mrs. Johnson is Mrs. Olson's mother and
the other two ladies are sisters of Mrs. OIL
son.
Have you tried the new Monarch size
Seal of Minnesota cigar. Valley Drug Store
sells it, I6t4
ID NJ. Moothart cut fifteen acre field
of winter wheat on Monday. Rev. X. T.
| Cookingham was out to the Moothart farm
that day and reports that this was about
the finest stand of wheat he has seen and
that he estimates the yield to be from 40 to
IS bushels to the acre.
Stock pastured close to town. For terms
call on Butterheld & Englebright. 4tf
Mr. and Mrs l. E. Schow and children
returned "Wednesday morning from visi;
to their old home at Perley. MINI. They
also took in the North Dakota State Fair at
Fargo. Mrs. Schow reports that they had
dandy time. visited many of their old
friends, and enjoyed every minute of their
two weeks vacation.
List your farm for sale with the Valley
Land Co. Off
The Christian Endeavor had a social
meeting at Jack Forsyth's place east Of
town on Tuesday evening. Fred Bold.
Terry Wilson and Charlie Olson each fur
pished team and gathered up the MEM
bers in Culbertson and took them out to
the Forsyth farm. There the members
were treated to ice cream. cake and lem
onade They played games and had a de-
lghtful time.
Rev. r. T. Buckingham returned on
Thursday of last week from trip through
the country around Scobey north of the Fit.
Peck Indian Reservation. He reports that
there is large tract Of government land
mp there which is now being surveyed.
This land is claimed by some half breed
Indians, but it IS reported that they are
Canadian Indians and that they have no
rights on the land. At any rate a large
number of white settlers have squatted IN
that vicinity within the last three weeks.
Have you tried the new Monarch size
Seal Of Minnesota cigar. Valley Drug Store
sells Il. I6t4
Hal. Pagan. !. Beecham and Miss Nor
ma Hawley went out for a pleasure ride
yesterday afternoon in one of the Evans
Hotel autos. At point near the Aurius
Mckinney farm east Of town the steering
gear broke and the car turned upside down.
The occupants were thrown clear of the
car and the two young men escaped with
out serious injury. Miss Hawley however
sustained fracture Of the wrist and few
scratches. The two young men are driv-
ers for Vim. McGinnis and the lady was
formerly one of the local telrphon c girls
here. She left for her home i'm lVilliston
Immediately after the accident.
Abraham Vallie. Turtle Mountain
breed who is working on the wafer works
was arrested Sunday on charge of carry
ing concealed weapons. He was in front
oil the pos,office Sunday morning when a
revolver fell from his pocket to the side
walk Ex- mayor Mathews was near by
and handed Vallie over to Marshall
Mccormick who placed him under arrest.
On Monday morning Mr.. Mathews pre-
fened charges against him and he was
brought before Indge Coulter for trial
Vallie plead guilty. Supt. Janus. of the
Turtle Mountain Indians in North Dakota,
was in town and appeared before Judge
Coulter ON behalf of Vallie and asked for