The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-05-28

nessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. Miss
Bowling reports that conditions here
are much better than they are further
east and expresses herself as being
very glad to get back to Montana
again.
The Glasgow band will accompany
the ball team to Malta Sunday, and
many others have decided to make
the trip to help boost for the home
team.
The heavy rain Tuesday night made
it impossible to use the ball park for
practice Wednesday night and the
boys reported at the north side
grounds.
This being the last week of school,
all the pupils are jubilant. Many of
the teachers will spend their vacations
away from the city. MI. Roy Huber,
principal Of the South Side school ex-
poets to leave Saturday for Wisconsin,
to join Mrs. Huber who left here a
short time ago.
The Rumble Land and Abstract Com
pany of this city has finished making
their records from the Blaine county
records at Chinook and have started
proof reading on their work. Two
persons have been employed by this
firm at Chinook ever since Phillips
county was created.
Joe Aeschliman, formerly of this
city, but now of Malta was in the
city today. He states that a heavy
rain fell at Malta Tuesday night, Cot
tonwood creek overlooking it's banks,
carrying away numerous fences. Some
sheep were also drowned in the rain,
which vas almost a cloudburst.
IL Edward Mercer, owner of the Malta
Transfer Company dropped dead on
the street near his home in Malta
Monday afternoon, from heart failure.
Mercer came to Malta about three
months ago, from Detroit, Minnesota,
and purchased the dray business of
R. J. McGreary. He has a wife and
four children.
A party consisting of the Miss
Kramer, the Misses Mailer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Mailer, Carl Hansen and
T.. H. Pritchard were in the city sew
eral days this week from their claims
in the "Crow Colony" on the Fort
Peck reservation. They report three
days of steady rain and look for a
bumper crop in their vicinity.
Deputy Surveyor L. v. Lockwood
is in the Larb creek country this week
surveying the road from Saco to the
Missouri river. This road which is
about 65 miles in length was viewed
in 1913. The county Surveyors Of
flee is kept busy surveying and view
ing roads and petitions continue to
pour into the office at the rate of one
a day.
Manager Bishell of the Orpheum
has booked a number of fine feature
pictures which will be shown at the
Orpheum in the neal future. Sunday
"False Colours" will be the attraction
and next Thursday night, that splen-
did picture "The Sign of the Cross,
with William Farnum will be shown.
See the list of coming attractions in
this issue.
The Courier base ball team has sew
eral open dates on it's schedule and
challenge any team in the city. Since
defeating the Roundhouse they will
tackle anything from the New York
Giants to the Boston Braves. A game
with the Court House will be played
in the near future and the printers
hope to get revenge for their defeat
of last year. Watch for the date OF
the big game.
o. R. Hess, who is in charge of the
commissary department of the U. S
Survey outfit that is working on the
u~nsurveyed land west of here was ir
town yesterday looking for a bunch
of horses that strayed away
from their camp in Section 36, town
ship 37-39 last Saturday night. HI
tells VI that the survey has been com
pleted in townships IS, SO and 81
range 80 and after reaching the Can
adam line, the party will work west
taking two townships at a time.-Op
|. helm Optimist.
While Miss Flora Sims, County Su
perintendent of Schools of Phillips
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