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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Let 'Er Buck

Doc Hedges sour-dough squad
left here Monday per schedule
and while the bunch was smaller
than had been expected they
made up in noise what they lacked
in numbers. They pulled out for
the Roundup at Miles in good
old fashioned style, with whips
cracking and guns barking
Frank Thompson started off on
his old quarter horse, Buck, :"
with such jump that he (Frank)
got a kink in his neck and lost
his bat. After recovering his
Stetson however he made up for
lost time and opening fire with
his cannon, shot hole through
a lard pail carried by Ed. Conger
and otherwise distinguished him.
self.
Lorin Gil nan reports that the
bunch, score in number, passed
his ranch in the afternoon and
now Lorin has either got to move
or herd in more jack rabbits as
they completely cleaned up his
supply of fresh meat.
Thirty-fve automobiles left
town Wednesday for the Miles
City show, seven of them from
the Camp Crook country, and the
balance from Ekalaka and vicini-
ty. 1t is estimated that over two
hundred people will represent
PuptoWn at the Roundup. The
delegation will return by way of
Plevna and join in the celebration
there Monday,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Supreme Court Gives
Baker the County Seat
Unconfirmed Report Says High Tribunal Sustains
Demurrer to Ekaaka Contest

An unconfirlned report from
Helena this morning con tains the
information that the Supreme
Court has made it's decision in the
case of w. w. CadIe VS.. The
Town of Baker, which case con-
tested the right of the railroad
town to hold the permanent
county seat of Fal|on county.
The case had been brought in
District Court at which time
Judge Hurley sustained the De-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
INTERPRETS LAW
ON REGISTRATION
Notaries Are Limited In Reg
istering Voters To Own
Precincts

Notaries and justices of the
peace are limited in registering
voters to the precincts in which
they reside, Attorney General
Poindexter says in an opinion
written for James l.. Davis,
county attorney of Yellowstone
county:
The law, which states that it
shall be the duty of the deputy
registrar, notaries and justices
of the peace being such under the
statute. to register all electors
within his precinct applying for
the registration, has been disre-
garded in many places, through
lack of understanding of it's
provisions. ....
The county clerk is authorized
to register persons only at his Of
flee. Persons residing within 10
miles OF the county seat are sup
posed to appear at the office of
the county clerk to register. the
only exception to this rule being
where the e|ector is physically
unable to get to the office of the
county clerk.
The county clerk of each coun
ty may appoint deputy regis,
trar in each precinct of such
county distant more than ten
miles from the county court house
wherein no justice Of the peace
or notary pubic resides. The
opinion states the law intends
that but one deputy registrar
shall be appointed in precincts
having no justice of the peace or
notary public resident therein.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Church Notice

Where are you going to cele-
hrate Sunday? Why not spend
an hour with us at the church,
either morning or evening. We
have neither fire works or air
ships, but We'll have a good SER
vice if you are there. You'll
make us happy and We'll try to
do you good.
Come on friends, give US an
hour of your time next Sabbath
and you will have something to
be glad over.
F. M. FAITH, Pastor.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Children Cause Scare

Considerable excitement pre-
vailed in town Monday night
when Mrs. VIM. Burger reported
to the authorities that her two
youngest daughters, Elsie. aged
ten. and Romania. aged six, had
left home and had not returned
at dark. Under Sheriff Evans
and Constable Carey searched
the town and surrounding hills
but to no avail and at 1890 the
fire bell was rung and a search
party organized.
Men hunted through the coun-
try adjacent to town during the
entire night and automobiles
were sent out and enquiries made
at the ranches and homes within
a radius Of five miles.
The search was continued un-
til the forenoon of the next day
when the children were located
at the Carlos Hall ranch, ID miles
north of town, On Esst Fork.
They had walked the most of the
way, starting at three O'Clock in
the afternoon, and had been
picked up on the road, telling the
rancher that gave them a lift"
that they were going to the Hall
ranch for visit and that their
parents had given them permis-
sion.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Bears Lick Pups

Last Sunday the Ekalaka Pups
accompanied by some so rooters
journeyed over to Baker an d
fought for the baseball suprem-
acy of the county. They return
ed beaten by a ii to 5 score. The
Baker Bears got next to every
thing that Pickering, the Ekala-
ka pitcher, had and the game
developed into a swatfest.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Land Office Doines

The following final proofs were
taken by S. j. Emswiler, U. S.
Commissioner at Ekalaka the
past week: William H. Laprath,
D. L. E. in l S. SO E. Edwin B.
Berg, H. E. in 2 N. 81 E. David
j. Gross, H. E. in / S. 6OE. Mos
es Mireau, H. E. in 4 N. Sc E.
Benjamin B. Sandy. H. E. in l
S. 60 E. John H. Robson, H. E.
in 2 N. 81 E. William Grand
staff made a homestead filing in
IS. So F..
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
Gun Club Shoot Sunday

Those desiring to join the Gun
Club should do so before July
10th and take advantage of the
$500 member ship fee. as after
that date the charter member
ship roll will be closed and the
tee will be $3.50. The trap has
arrived and is being installed.
and the first shoot will be held
next Sunday morning.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02

murrer entered by Raker n
which the claim was made that
the corrupt practice law did not
specifically cover the point Of one
town contesting another for the
office of county seat.
The advice received from the
capitol is that the Supreme Court
concurred with the lower courts S
opinion on every point.
Later: The report has been con-
frmed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
COURT HOUSE NEWS
And Interesting Notes From
The County Seat

County Treasurer Lentz, Clerk
F. c. Bum, County Attorney
Dousman, County Supt. Leonard
and Deputy Russell took a part
day vacation, spending the same
at the Willard Farmers Picnic
last Friday.
Miss Nellie Sanborn from Will
lard was caller at Supt. Leon
ards Office Tuesday.
Mr.. Shelton from Wills Creek
was a business caller at Supt.
Leonard's office last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sweeney
from Marmarth, N. OAK, were
business callers at the County
Clerk and Recorders office Mon
day.
Miss Stella Olsen, Deputy
County Supt.. has returned to
her duties after spending few
weeks on her homestead near
Ekalaka.
Ernest Harms from Ollie was
a caller at the court house last
week.
The County Assessor and dep
uties are busy writing up the
assessment rolls.
Frank Musser from Bonaparte,
Iowa, and Mabel M. Crosson from
Ekalaka were issued license to
we'd Jude 18th by Clerk Keener.
Ham Ewalt from Sykes was a
caller at Clerk Keener's office
Friday on business pertaining to
the estate OF his son Guy EWalt.
Sheriff Jones and deputy Kel-
ling returned Tuesday evening
with a horse thief that they cap
tured near Wibaux, and who
will be returned to North Dakota
where he is wanted for appropri-
ating horses other than his own.
Paul Noack from Webster made
application for citizenship papers
last week with Clerk Keener.
The Board of County Commits
sioners will meet for their month
ly meeting next Tuesday.
The Court House will be closed
next Monday in observation of
the 4th of July.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
LOCAL. NEWS ITEMS
Interesting Happenings In And
About The Town

Fruit at Blalne'S.
Barbed wire at Peck's.
Floyd Clark has purchased the
Ole TWeedt car.
c. W. Stiles of Boyes was a
visitor in town last week.
Wanted-Clean cotton rags at
the Eagle Office. tt
Registered Shorthorn Bulls for
sale. w. J. Bradshaw, Knowl-
ton, Montana. 6-21
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Deegan, Wednesday, a fine baby
girl.
Ray Allen was in from his
ranch on Tie Creek the first of
the week.
DIR. Sherill and Lou DeBelloy
were over from Camp Crook Sun
day.
j. L. Driscoll Of Moorcroft,
Wyo., was here Wednesday look
ing for horses that had strayed
or been taken from his range.
Evan o. Gresbv, the Kimball
rancher, is spending a few days
in town this week. This is Mr..
Gresby's first visit TO Ekaiaka in
ten years.
Frank Musser of Bonaparte,
Iowa. and Miss Mabel M. Crosson
of Ekalaka were married We'd
nesday at the parsonage, Rev.
Faith officiating.
Ernest Spohn, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louie Spohn. sustained a
fracture of the arm yesterday,
the result of being kicked by a
horse.
Mrs. Glenna Stewart, the w.
e. L. U. lecturer, will give lee
lures and readings at the Church
on Thursday and Friday even
ings. July 9Th and 9th,
Joseph Klopfer, who has been
in town this week looking for a
homestead location, returned to
his home in Bellfield, N. D., yes
terday. Mr., klopfer intends tc
return later and take up land.
DR.. Wendell had the misfor-
tune to lose two fine calves from
his herd last week. 1t is thought
the calves were poisoned by eat
ing larkspur which seems to be
more plentiful than usual this
year.
An accident occurred on the
Russell ranch Mondav whic h
nearly resulted seriously. D. H.
Russell was preparing a pit for
burning lime, and was down in
the pit arranging the rock, when
his son George, who was handing
the rock to his father, let one
slip and strike the old gentleman
on the top of the head. The
rock weighed about ten pounds
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-02
EkALAKA GALLON COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, e. 1916

and fell four feet. Mr.. Russell
was rendered unconscious by the
blow but soon recovered and was
in town Tuesday receiving con.
gratulations of friends on his
lucky escape. The rock was {
flat one and the side struck Mr..
Russell. Had the edge come ir
contact with his head it is likely
that that the result would have
been more serious.
The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York is one of
the oldest, strongest and best
insurance companies in America.
Jake out a policy in this company
and be sure. S. j. Emswiler,
local agent.
The young ladies who joined
the canning club at Ekaiaka are
requested to meet at the church
on Saturday, July 10th at 2 g.
clock. Instructions in the can
ming of vegetables will be given
at this time.
Marv F. Oliver. Stunt
If it is any satisfaction to you
to know that if you should hap
pen to die your family would re-.
ceive a substantial benefit or
your creditors would not lose, in
sure your life in the Mutual. S.
j. EmsWiler is the local agent.
Henry Speiser was arrested on
complaint today by Under Sher-
if Evans. He is charged with
having in his possession a num-
ber of horses of which he was
not the rightful owner. Tria!
has been set for July 9th and
the defendant remanded to the
county jail.
There will be meeting a 2 o..
clock p. m. Saturday, July 3, to
make arrangements for big
farmers picnic to be held July
17th. Ali those interested are
cordially invited to be present.
Further announcement will be-
made after the plans for the pic.
mic have been completed.
S. A. Holt is busy this week
installing the new fixtures and
stock for The Reliable Drug
Store. Mr.. Holt is going to have
very attractive store. A COM
plete knowledge of the drug busi.
ness together with carefully
selected stock will no doubt bring
the new store a satisfactory pat
ronage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14
LALLY AFTER JOB
 OF ROLLIN CURTIS,
 FIRST SELECTMEN
Stratford Political Factions Oiling Weapons For An
 other Fracas.,
Especial to The Farmer. )

Stratford, June 14.-Now that the fight for the Stratford town court come to the cohorts of Ivan More house, another little scrap iS becom- ing manifest. Backed by Morehouse and Fred S. BeardsIey with their SUD- porters, James La1ly, second select man is being pushed for the job of first se1ectnan, held by RoIlin Curtis. Curtis will run again, guided by the Conine faction and others. A lively tilt is looked forward to. .
 Doors will open at p. n., for the rummage sale to be held in the town hall, stratford, June IT. Something is there for everyone.
 Collection of taxes for Stratford be- gan, last Thursday, and up to today, the tax collector had procuT ed $2,- 916 6S. Mrs. John Benjamin had the 916.6S. Mrs. John Benjamin had the $356.59.
 The infant daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ivan Morehouse was baptised Dorothy yesterday by Rev. B. N. Packard, pastor of the Stratford Con- gregationa1 church.
 Mrs. c. F. Axte11 and son, Merritt, are in Northampton, where they will attend the graduation exercises of Miss Rachel E. Axte11 at Smiths Col 1ege.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Wheeler of Academy Hill and Emily Wheeler have returned to Stratford after hay ing made a transcontinenta1 trip in company with MT. and Mrs. Arthur Cow1 of New York. The Yosemite Valley was visited and a trip was made to the coast, with stops at vari- ous interesting places. A special car was used by the families
 Flag Day was observed today in Stratford. The se1ectmen purchased a new flag in honor of the occasion and it1now waves over the town hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14
LINER ST. PAUL, UNDER CONVOY DESTROYERS, BRINGS TO U. s.
 NINE LUSITANIA SURVIVORS

1 if there had been one it was doubt less British.
 Miss Loney is a daughter of MT. and Mrs. Allen D. Loney of New York, mans sent the fast British liner to the bottom. She was in a 1ifeboat filled with women and children when one of the sailors collapsed. She seiz- the oar he had been using and helped ! to TOW out of the danger zone. She is 1 6 years old.
 The destroyers gave the American ship good-by off Fastnet the next l (Sunday) morning. It was clear then and the destroyers hoisted code sig nals wishing Capt. -Passow 8 fine trip. The captain set international bunting spelling Thank you,'' and the de- stroyers headed in toward the British coast None of the St. PauPs passengers knew anything. personally about the Zeppelin bombardment of London, but one, H. D. Watson of this city, who was stopping at the, Hotel Savoy. and he had heard that the bombs dropped were filled with thermite and that porter who was within two | blocks of the scene of the raid had helped to fill two tram cars with the dead and, wounded and that there were many more victims than the off l cia1 reports gave out.
 | Respirators Being Carried.
 MT Watson painted London in gloomy co1ors. The hotels burned
 candles only and even they were ex-
 tinguished early in the evening. In anticipation of Zeppelin raids with gas filled projecti1es respirators were
 being carried about by residents. There was a steady demand for the respirators and they were sold at nominal prices in the hotels.
 | Ernest S. Cowper, newspaper man of Toronto who. saved a mother1ess little girl, Helen. Smith, years old, from the Lusitania. arrived by the St. Paul. He said he had given Helen
 to a motherIy looking Englishwoman at Queenstown, who had said that she
 was related to Helen and claimed her. The Cunard Line had received before l that incident. twenty-two offers from
 persons who wished to adopt the lit
 tie girl, and MT. Cowper had received a despatch from the Dowager Queen Alexandra asking him to bring Helen
 to Sandringham. He suspects that
 the Eng1ishwoman who claimed, Helen l was fascinated by the. chf1d's beauty I and intelligence and therefore decid- | ed to take her..
 k J. L.. Poole, European export man
 ager of the Hupp Motor Car Company
 who has been in France and England I since September. said he had sold 300
 armored cars to the allies; that the need of the British army was not
 men, but equipment and ammunition. He knew from officials of the govern
 ment that there were 100000 men
 far from the firing line, still in train
 ing and awaiting equipment and am= 1 rnunition-
 1 In the steerage of the St. Paul were 800 young Irishnen, mostly the sons l of farmers in the. western countries, some of who speak Gaelic chiefly and I have difficulty with their English. I Nearly all are Catholics. It was said by some of the ships officers that
 they had come here to avoid possible
 conscription. Many of them denied
 this, asserting that they wished to better their condition, as times in Ire- land were dull because of the gen
 eral depression in the United King dom
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14
ARSENAL EXPERTS LEAVE GOVERN MENT
 FOR BETTER JOBS
Private Concerns Offer Big Inducements to Men Train
 ed in Making Arms.

Washington June 14-Ordnance of hcials of the United States army are faced with a, serious problem because of the number of highly trained civil employees at great arsenals who have gone to private arms and ammunition factories since the European war be- gan. These men have been offered ex- traordinary advances in pay. by hold CTS of huge contracts with Ehe be1Iig- erent governments and several com missioned officers, experts in ordnance manufacture, have also gone into prf- vate employment. The result has been to threaten serious embarrassment in keeping the American army properly supplied
 Officials Of the department, 1t was learned, have been looking over the law to see what can be done to retain it's trained men. The officers can, of course, be held by not accepting their resignations. It is also found that in 1800 when Complications with France threatened, a statute was enacted pro- yiding a. fine of $50 and Imprisonment for three months for any person seek ing to induce an empIoye of a govern- ment arsenal to leave that employ ment during the life of his contract with the government.
 The statute has never been repealed, but no attempt to invoke 1t has been made within the memory of any living man. Army officials are said to feel that it may be necessary to bring it to bear to protect the governn ent's own supplies of arms and ammunition.
 Virtually the entire force of trained men in the manufacture of other than small arms ammunition and sporting rifles were in government employ when the European war began, it is said. Several cases of men who were being paid $5 day by the government and were offered as high as 5000 a year, have been reported. It takes time to train machinists to the special work i of gun and ammunition building, and the contracts with belligerent govern ments called for speed.
 I At the beginning of the war the to- tai capacity of small arms ammunition plants in the United States was 2, ,OO0,- l 0G0 rounds a, day, the government ar senals representing half that amount. i To what extent the private plants have increased their capacity is not known, but their orders require enor-
 nous extension of facilities and the government men were needed to train l new employees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14

There is a, serious shortage of print paper in Germany.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14
TWO KILLED, THREE HURT WHEN SOUND STEAMER AND PLEASURE
 YACHT CRASH HEAD ON IN FOG

New York, June 14-m a collision between the passenger steamer Bun ker Hill and c. K. G. Billings steam yacht, Vanadis, in a dense fog off last night, George H. Kendrick of Boston and a member of the crew of the steamer, were killed and three persons were injured. Both vessels were badly damaged, and, accompan- jed by tugs, made for New York. where the Bunker Hill arrived short 1y before midnight.
 MT. Kendrick was killed in his stateroom over the dining room in the crash between the yacht and the Sound steamer, which left here early last night for Boston with about 25O passengers on board. The bow of the Vanadis penetrated the side of the steamer, making a hole three feet above the water line abaft the beam on the port side. Many of the pass engers were in the dining room when the crash occurred and the. nose of the yacht jammed into the room. Part of the ceiling crashed to the floor, furnishings were wrecked and excite ment prevailed in the midst of which two passengers jumped overheard. Both were afterwards reported to have been safely picked up. After the first crash the -Vanadis, according to passengers, again plunged forward, this time leaving her bowsprit stuck fast in the hull of the Bunker Hill.
 The Injured.
 Those injured in the crash were /: May Wightman of No. 57 Chancery Lane, Boston, crushed right foot, talk en to Hotel Belmont in this city. where she had been stopping before leaving for Boston the steamer,
 Mrs. Martha Waugh of Philadel- p1lia, fractured arm, taken to the Hudson Street Hospital here.
 John c. Bell of New York, scalp wounds, went to his home.
 Besides the passengers who jumped overheard, one of the employees on the boat was thrown into the Sound by the impact of the collision and was picked up dead by the Vanadis. His name was John Brown.
 Able to Proceed.
 The excitement on board thGEBun- ker Hill was short lived and It no time amounted to a. panic, passengers said. Captain w. T. Holmes of the Bunker Hill, on inspecting his steam CT after the crash, found her uninjur- ed below the water line, but decided to put back to port. Several nearby craft, accompanied the Bunker Hill towards this city, but it soon appear ed that she needed no assistance and they dropped away, the steamer keep ing on alone.
 W. H. Banks of Easton, Pa., physt- cal director of theI Y M. c. A. in | Wakefield. Mass. 8 passenger on the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN REGK a SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14

other game this week at the Knoll field.
 John DonoIue and family and Law renee Ldllis of Bridgeport, autoed to Newtown. Sunday and were guests of Mir, and Mrs. John Donohue of Wal nut Tree HiI1
 Mrs. Frank Dfgney and Mrs D. P. Keane of Bridgeport, motored to zoar, Sunday. and visited Mrs. Pat rick Lynch, whom they found inprov- ed in health.
 The annual meeting of Middle Dis tricts will be held tonight at the town hall.
 A musical service will be held in Trinity church. Sunday evening. June 20, at which the church choir will be assisted by the choir of St. James church, Danbury. Prof. Crossley. lead CT. fA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-14
AMATEUR BASEBALL

The Crimsons will play the Seasides, Sunday, June 20, at the mud flats. The following Sunday, the Cresrnos will
 play the westports. July they will play the BIueshie1ds. On July 5, the Cresmos will journey to Ansonfa, to play the Cubs of the town. The Cres- mos have a, good record to date, taking ' out of 8 games. The Cresmos are playing a fast brand of baseball. and it takes teams like the Yannigans, Cardinals, F7ederals and Pioneers to beat them. The following Cresmos please take notice: H. Costello, eff; TaIty, 2b; F. Donnel1ey, ss; J. Donne1- ley, 3b; J. Costello, lib; Hauser, If; Dixon, If; Beaumont, c; Santwick, Wells and Boney, D. Answer through t1fas paper. Signed, Manager F. Dixon.