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The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.

State Superintendent II. A. Devee
has announced the state apportion-
ment by counties of the common
school fund, which, for 1916, amounts
to total of $712,645.5O, and which
means that the interest on the invest
ment of the public school fund accu-
mulated from the sale of state lands,
allows each child $5.25 toward his
education.
The statement of Mr.. Davee shows
the largest per capita apportionment
in the history of the state and re-
yeals the fact that in spite of the
rapidly increasing number of school
children, the public school fund is
growing faster than the population.
In 1911,, for instance, the per
capita apportionment was only SO.
A year later it had increased to $3.50,
and in 1918 it was 81. In 1914 it had
jumped to $3.50; in 1915 it was IS,
and this year it will be $5.25. The
total number of school children in
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
YOUNG HOMESTEADER KILLED.

Bert Van Camp. a bachelor home
steader near Crowley in Prairie coun-
ty, was found murdered in his claim
shack last week.
1t is generally suspected through
out that part of the country that the
assailant was one Melvin Van SAINT,
young farm hand, aged about 25
years, who was living on the home-
stead Of his brother, Alexander Van
SAINT, at the time and who had prev
iously been in the employ of the muir
dered man. The motive, of course, is
not known, although it is thought to
have been robbery, because of the
fact that Van Camp was known to
have recently sold team of horses
to a neighbor for which he received
a large sum of money in cash.
A warrant has been issued for Van
SAINTS arrest and all county officials
in the state have been asked to look
for the suspected man.
A broken rifle stock was found at
the scene Of the murder, upon one
edge of which number of short
strands of hair could be seen.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

The services at the Congregational
church continue of great interest to
the increasing congregations attend
ing, and we extend a cordial invita-
ton to everyone in the community,
especially to strangers, to come and
worship with us.
The services for next Sunday are
as follows:
Sunday school at 10 a. m. There
are classes for all. Preaching serv-
ice at II a. M; Christian Endeavor
meeting at $3.50 p. M; evening serv-
ice at 1870 p. m.
The special music, of which we are
making a feature, is as follows:
In the morning the quartet will
sing 81 Will Give You Best" by Rog-
ers. In the evening, the chorus choir
will sing "Blow, Trumpets, Blow" i"
by Challinor and the soprano obligato
"Sweet is Thy Mercy" by Barnby.
All will find a welcome and we be-
lieve you will enjoy every one of
these services.
ALLEN U. BAER, Pastor
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
PRIZES FOR PUPILS.

The Valley County Fair association
is getting out an advance sheet of
premiums for competition among the
school children of the county for
school work. 1t contains a list of
premiums to be awarded to school
children for school work at the VAL
ley county fair September IA, Is and
16. The list is now practically made
up and will be sent to every grade
school in the county the first of the
week, to give them ample time to pre-
pare for the fair between now and the
time school is out. The list will be
more comprehensive than last year,
giving the. children a wider competi-
tive field and includes premiums for
every department of the high school
work. There will be prizes for fresh
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
HALLOWELL CONCERT TONIGHT

The Hallowell Concert company, a
musical organization that has made a
reputation for itself wherever they
have appeared, will present their
program at the Orpheum theatre to-
night.
In speaking of this company, the
Helena Independent says:
"The Hallowell company is the
finest musical company that comes
to this city. Many excellent numbers
were given by the company and hear
ty applause was given by the audi
ence throughout. Walter Vented
was the hit of the evening. Both
popular and classical numbers were
given, which pleased all classes of
people"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
MONTANA LEADS IN WOOL.

Interesting figures showing Mon
tana's Importance as the chief wool
producing state of the union are
contained in the last quarterly bull
letin of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers, copy of which
was received yesterday by Seth Max
publicity. .+.
According to the bulletin, Montana
we'll, commissioner of agriculture and
led all the states of the union in the
number Of sheep sheared, the number
of pounds of secured wool and the va
lue of the products on the Boston
market. The bulletin shows that Mon
tana's 1915 wool crop was'worth ST.
302, 437 to the growers of this state,
or over one-tenth of the total value
of the wool product of the nation. r',
There has been considerable dis
cussion during recent weeks as to
whether Montana or Wyoming led the
wool production of the nation. This
bulletin, which is the standard auth
ority of the wool industry, gives the
award to Montana. This state
sheared 3,725,00o sheep last'yearrsas
against 3,630,o00 in Wyoming. ''':'
The average Wyoming flescey how
ever weighed eight pounds as against
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

While cutting ice at the mouth of
Gilbert creek on the Missouri river
last week, Ben Vandeburg, one Of the
prominent ranchers in that country,
fell into an air hole and disappeared
under the ice. His companions, Will
lis Embleton and Pete Tihista made
an effnrt to reach him before he dis
appe, red, but they failed. Running to
a place about thirty feet down the
river, where they had been cutting
ice, Willis Embleton grabbed the big
ice saw and, watching for the body
as it came floating by, hooked it with
the saw, and with the aid of Tikista
got it upon the ice. Their efforts to
revive Vandeburg were successful
and but for a few bruises, he Is ap-
parently none the worse off for his
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03

men, sophomores, juniors and seniors,
and with the cooperation of the su-
perlntendent of schools and principal
OF the high school, a greater exhibit
than ever before is expected at this
years fair.
Secretary Moore stated that only
few people in the county realized
the great possibilities for develop
ment in all lines of endeavor which
is afforded the school children. This
Is especially true in the high school
work. The premium list this year
is made up with the idea of giving
the scholars an opportunity to show
the parents the advantages of a
thorough education.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03

seven and seven-tenths in Montana,
this giving Wyoming slight lead in
the amount of unsecured wool, the
figuress being 29,04O,O00 pounds for
Wyoming as against 28,682, 900
pounds for Montana.
The percentage of shrinkage how
ever, when the wool was cleaned, was
against &C for that Of Wyoming this
but 81 for the Montana product as
giving Montana 10,899,160 pounds of
secured wool as against 9,873,6
pounds in Wyoming.
The Montana grower, likewise, pro-
duced better wool than his neighbor
in Wyoming, as is shown by the fact
that the average price of Montana
secured wool was 81 cents as against
66 cents in it's chef competing state.
This price gave to the Montana pro-
duct total value of $7,3O2,437 as
against the Wyoming value of$6,516,-
576.
None of the other states anywhere
near approached the records of Mon
tana and Wyoming. Idaho is third
with wool production valued at 81
994, ,232; New Mexico is fourth with a
value of s3,9s8, ,4o4; Oregon is fifth
with value of .;3,5OO,64O, and Utah
is sixth with a s'ue of $3.324 .G12.
The total yalue Of t,e wool grown in
the United States il 1915 was So =
was $67,771,954.
A striking evidence of the in
creased prosperity which has come
to western wool growers is shown in
the comparative prices given in this
bulletin. In this bulletin, the aver
age price Of Montana secured wool in
1913 was AZ cents per pound, in 1914
it increased to 81 cents per pound, and
in 1915 to 81 cents per pound.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
OIL LANDS WITHDRAWN,

The discovery of natural gas in the
territory adjacent to Havre, and in
other points in Montana, together
with strong possibility that oil will
be found in this and other fields, has
resulted in the withdrawal of about
100000 acres of public land in the
Treasure state from entry. News Of
this withdrawal is contained in the
following dispatch sent out from the
national capital and published in the
papers the early part Of the week.
Secretary Lane announces that at
tention has been paid to oil lands,
due to the greater interest in the oil
situation in Montana. This interest
was stimulated by discovery of. large
gas wells near Havre and Glendive.
Conditions similar to those in Big
Horn basin of Wyoming may extend,
northward into Montana, it is said.
The attention of the department
having been brought to the existence
of favorable structures in Montana,
about 100000 acres in this state
have been withdrawn from entry, and
$4,000 acres in western North Dakota
on the extension of the Giendive
structure. These temporary with
drawals have been made to include
the favorable structures at present
known until congress passes legisla
ton similar to that under considera-
ton, by which it provides for the dis
position of oil and gas in public lands
under more favorable legal conditions
than those now prevailing"
More than $4,000 acres of prob-
able coal lands in Montana have also
been placed in reserve.
During January seven orders of
designation were approved by Secre-
tary of Interior Lane, classifying: as
non-irrigable lands more than ~
800, 900 acres of land in Montana,
California, Idaho and South Dakota: :
These lands may now be acquired in
enlarged honaesteads of 16O acres.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
RACE MEN MEET.

At a meeting of men interested in
racing at the Commercial club SUM-
day afternoon, to talk over the possi-
bilities of holding racing meets in
Northern Montana the coming sea-
son, it was decided that while it
seemed hardly possible that sum-
mer race meet would be made effec-
tive here this year, a committee, con-
sisting Of T. A. Hauge and S. C.
Moore were to take up the matter
with local people and see if sum-
mer meet could not be pulled off in
Glasgow.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
GETS SECOND DEGREE.

Guilty of murder in the second de-
gree was the verdict returned by the
jury against Joe Reiser for the kill
ing of his partner, Joe Fink, Deem
ber %, in lonely cabin near Sales
vile. The Bozeman jury was out Is
hours. The finding of Fink's mutt
lated body, the tracing Of 'Reiser and
his interception at Dickinson, North
Dakota, and his story of the fight
with an axe and shotgun as weapons
have kept interest in the crime at
high pitch. Reiser pleaded self-de-
fense,
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
NEW MILLINERY STORE.

Stock for the new millinery store
to be opened soon by the Casey Sis
ters, in the brick building adjoining
the Courier, arrived this week and
the opening and first showing of
spring styles will he announced in one
of the future issues of this paper.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT.

Valley county will receive SILL
46O.75 as its share of the state ap-
portionment of the state fund for the
year 1916. According to the school
census there are 2243 children in the
county schools, of whom 1885 are in
district No. l. The per capita ap-
portionment for the year is $5.25. The
number of children in each district
and the apportionment follows:
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
OIL MEETING.

A general meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Glasgow Oil and Gas
company was held at the Commercial
club offices Monday afternoon and
matters of interest to the company
were discussed. Nothing definite
was done, however, regarding the fu-
ture plans of the company.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03

Montana has a population Of close to
100000 people.
Silverbow county with 14,14O school
children receives the largest amount
of the public school fund, $74,235;
Cascade second with $47,31S.25; Fer
gus third with $4O,O20.75; Yellow
stone fourth with $34,219.50; Mis-
soula fifth with $31,29O; Flathead
sixth with $29,235; Carbon seventh
with $25, 1875; Lewis and Clark
dropped to eighth place, her share Of
the fund being $25, 1850. Here is
the apportionment by counties:
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
PRIMARY LAW
EXPLAINED
Presidential Primary. Will be
Held April Fl.
SEVERAL NEW RULINGS
Candidates for Electors are Re!
quired to Secure Certain
g.. Number of Signatures.

with the primary question settled
by the state supreme court, already
candidates for the nomination for
presidential electors at the April pri-
mary are looming up and several have
been mentioned as delegates to the
national conventions of the different
political parties.
In the past, under the convention
system, it has been the custom for
the party in power to elect the gov
ernor, the two congressman and the
two United States senator's as dele
gates to the national conventions, but
under the primary system, anyone
can become a candidate for the Of
flee, and whether the custom hith-
erto followed will be adhered to this
year, remains question.
For the purpose Of providing in
formation to those who contemplate
being candidates for various offices
at the presidential preference pri-
mary and to the end that petitions
for nomination and other things incl
dent to the primary nominating elec-
ton to be held April 21, may be uni
form, Secretary of State A. NJ. Alder
son has deemed it wise to issue the
certain instructions and suggestions
to candidates and officers charged
with the enforcement of the primary
law.
/ The law provides that all petitions
of candidates for electors and dele
gates must be filed in his office by
April /, the primary being April 21.
Complete petitions for nomination
must be filed in order to entitle can
didates to a place on the ballot.
Candidates for electors are required
to secure the signatures of one per
cent Of the vote for congressman re-
ceiving the highest number of votes
at the previous election. The law
makes no provision as to where these
signatures must be secured, whether
all in one county or in several coun-
ties. Not over 500 signatures are re-
quired.
With reference to the choice of the
people for president, the law reads
that the personal supporters of can
didate for president may place pres
idential candidate in nomination, but
upon the question of how many sup
porters are necessary, the law is
silent. Mr. Anderson has made il
known that he would hold that only
two were necessary.
While the presidential primary law
states in terms that an elector may
vote for only one candidate for dele
gate to national conventions, and
only one candidate for presidential
elector, the attorney general has held
that this language means that he may
vote for one candidate for each Of
flee to be filled. There being four
presidential electors to be chosen
and eight delegates to national con-
ventions, each elector would be en-
titled to register his preference to
four and eight respectively.
With reference to the expenses of
delegates to the national conventions,
the law provides that each delegate
may have 5000 expense money, but
the legislature last winter neglected
to pass an appropriation to cover
such expenses and it is presumed that
delegates will be forced to foot their
own bills
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
Glasgow-Havre Game.

The district championship was
settled Saturday night when the win
ners of the Friday night games met,
Glasgow having defeated Chinook and
Havre having won from Fort Ben
ton.
Speaking of this game the Havre
Promoter says:
"The championship game between
Glasgow and Havre, in which Havre
won by a score of 20 to Is, is prob
ably the fastest game of basketball
every played on the home floor. Up
to this game Glasgow: had an un-
broken string of victories to their
credit. and Havre was determined to
wipe off the stain on their record,
gained on January 7, when the Valley
county boys defeated them at Glas-
gov. AS usual with all of Havre's
games of this year, it was a game in
which close guarding was feature
and it was impossible to run up any
large score against the home aggre-
CATION"
In this game Captain Holland of
the locals again distinguished him
self and scored all of Glasgow's
points, eleven of them on free throws.
Koppang also came in for special
mention among the spectators at the
tournament, as his defensive playing
was the best ever seen on the Havre
floor. 49,.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03

Field goals-Ziebarth, 5; E. Taylor,
A; Buckley, l.; Holland, S; Waldum,
2; Wall, 2; Lebert, /. Free throws
Holland, 9 in Is; Ziebarth, in 7.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
HAVRE WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Glasgow Defeated in Final
Game for Title.
LOCALS DEFEAT CHINOOK
Glasgow Suffers First Defeat When
Havre Triumphs by 20 to Is
Score-Game Very Close.

BY defeating Glasgow in the final
game Of the tournament held at
Havre Friday and Saturday, the
Havre team earned the title of
champions" of this part of the state.
The tournament began Friday
night with Glasgow and Chinook
matched against each other, and from
the first whistle until final time was
called, the teams struggled, both
playing excellent basketball, but the
superior team work and basket shoot
ing of the Glasgow boys won for
them, the final score being 20 to "a.
Captain Hollands ability to drop the
oval through the hoop on free throws
really won the game for Glasgow.
Waldum and Wall also played consist
emily and figured strongly in the
scoring column. The summary of
this oamo follows.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-03-03
The summary of the game follows:

FleIu gOaIS-NeIIHHu,, q nay I,
Brader, 2; Sailor, 2. Free throws
Holland, II in Is; Kay, 4 in 8; Bra
der, in 9.
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Care for Guardsmen's Families.

The movement now under way in
Washington to raise funds for the sup
port of families of members of the Dis
trict National Guard who are either on
their way to the border or in camp here
awaiting orders should receive the most
generous cooperation of the public. 1t
is Washington's present business to
make sure that every member of the
guard is guaranteed that his family will
be adequately cared for during his term
of service. An excellent organization
has been created not only to collect but
to administer the funds, and the public
can give with perfect confidence that
every dollar will be properly applied
to insure the care of those dependent
upon the men in khaki who have an
swered the Presidents call to duty
Whether the term of service for which
the men are held away from home is
long or short. this responsibility must
be borne by the community, and every
body should give, in large sums or small,
so that this burden will rest where it
belongs-npon the shoulders of all
Washingtonians.
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nate the state and municipal organiza-
tions.
In New York the sanitation campaign
is being vigorously pressed. Fifty soda
fountains which were found to be in
sanitary have been closed, and twenty
stores as WELL Food to the extent of
6,s40 pounds has been condemned. for
the most part milk, ice cream and fruit.
No less than 1924 people have been fined
in New York and Brooklyn for viola
tons of the sanitary laws One of the
of the Italia, :hurch calendar has been
cancelled to prevent great assemblage
of people The exodus of children has
been checked as other cities have begun
to establish guarantees.
An outbreak of paralysis at Newark
is feared. In the last nine days there
have been twenty-five cases there, of
which seven have resulted fatally, which
is nearly % per cent, or approximately
the death ratio in the New York cpl
demic, indicating that the disease has
come from that source. An outbreak in
Newark is apt to be of great serious
ness because Of the congestion there
among the industrial population. It is
in such places that the labors of the
public health service will be of the
greatest value
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-12
The Fight Against Poliomyeitis.

A steady decrease in the rate of deaths
from poliomyelitis in New York brings
some reinsurance, even though many new
cases are reported daily and many
deaths are added to the already distress
ingiy high total Whereas a few days
ago the deaths were occurring at the
rate Of over 90 per cent of the total
number of cases, the rate up to the
close of the report yesterday was 21.l
per cent.
Nevertheless, this situation is extreme
ly grave and extraordinary measures are
being adopted in New York, beyond
even those already taken, to cope with
it, The danger of spread of the dis
ease beyond New York city is recog
nized as more serious than was believed
likely at the outbreak of the New York
epidemic, and the Secretary of the
Treasury has asked Congress for spe
cial appropriation of $l45,000 to be used
by the public health service to co-ordi.
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The Hughes Committee.

The republican campaign committee
is composed Of seventeen members.
There's luck in odd numbers A bid
for the Irish vote' Six are bull moosers,
and eleven republicans All sections ex-
cept the lower south are recognized.
Here is distinct and very proper tes-
tiInoHy to reunion The bull moosers are
all close 10 Mr. Roosevelt M Perkins
and Mr. Straus Of New York, Mr.. Colby
of New Jersey, Mr.. Garfield of Ohio
MIR lckes Of Illinois and Mr. Rowell of
California have been, prominent among
his advisers. Mr.. Straus and Mr. Gar
field served for awhile in his cabinet.
The republicans are men of expert.
ence and energy, and well distributed
geographically. East, west, northwest
near west and the middle country have
been drawn upon.
Two men from south of Mason and
Dixon's line appear. They are Herl of
Kentucky and Martin of Virginia, both
OF high standing at home, and with
means and time to devote to the work.
II is of note that none of the men
who figure in circles where bosses are
used Is busaboos was chosen. Neither