The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-02-12
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Senator and Mrs. Suryant enter
tanned the Old-Timers' Whist Club at
their home Tuesday night, and those
present report an exceptionally plea
SAINT evening.
The ladies of the Methodist aid
will have their social meeting in the
church Wednesday afternoon, Feb.
25th, instead of Thursday afternoon,
Feb. 10th, as they had planned.
ii. ID. Sanford recovered bunch Of
cattle from Nick Schmitz last week
OH replevin, and bonds have been
put up in the sum of $4,000 by two
sureties and the case will go to the
district court for final settlement.
If any one thinks that hog raising
is not a paying proposition they are
badly mistaken. j. r. Stubblefield,
who resides north of town, butchered
fourteen last week that were eight
and one-half months old and had been
on full feed for a period of sixty days
and dressed out 2l5 pounds each on
an average. These fourteen hogs
represent a ton and half of meat,
and will beat chewing bacon every
way.
In the short space of three years
more than thirteen million acres of
public and Indian lands were entered
upon in Montana, according to COM
pilation made by the bureau of agri-
culture and publicity based upon re-
ports Of the general land office. OF
the total acreage over eleven million
acres were embraced in original home
stead entries. These figures give
some idea of the tremendous rush
! there has been to the state.
At meeting of the Montana State
Fair association, recently held in
Helena, arrangements were made for
the dates of the next fairs in several
counties. The schedule provides for
the Valley county fair September TO-
II; Blaine county, September 14-18;
Hill county, September 1910. It will
probably be necessary to fix the date
of the Chouteau county fair for about
the same time, as the state fair will
open September 21.-River Press.
The public is invited to the Metho-
dist church tomorrow FRIDAY night
at which time Mrs. Wallace Unruh
will deliver one of her lectures on
woman suffrage. This is one of the
foremost subjects in the United States
and this lady has national reputa-
ton as platform speaker and
handles her subject in a very convinc-
ing way. No matter whether you are
a believer in equal suffrage or not the
lecture is sure to be entertaining and
instructive.
Senator Myers bill granting con-
tinuous leave OF absence to home.
steaders on unsurveyed lands until
such ZINE as their lands are regularly
surveyed has been reported on favor.
ably by the senate land committee
10 secure this privilege, however
homesteaders must clearly mark the
boundaries of the land entered by
them and file record of their marking
in the local land office. IT this bill
becomes law it will be of material
benefit to many settlers.
The public lands committee of the
senate has reported favorably upo1
Senator Shoots bill to permit SECOND
homestead entries in certain cases
amending it to conform with thu
views of the interior department. Al
amended the bill provides: "Tha
where any person, otherwise qualified
to make an entry of public lands un
der the homestead or desert-lant
laws, has heretofore made or ma.
hereafter make entry under said law
and has forfeited or abandoned tn
same, such person may be permitted
to make another entry upon showing
J to the satisfaction of the secretar.
of the interior that the prior entr.
I was made in good faith, was forfeited
} or abandoned because of matters be
yond his control, and that he has no
1 speculated in his right nor otherwls
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