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The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21

reports roads in fairly good condi-
ton all along the route with the ex-
ception of a few bad holes on the
reservation. The heavy rain of Mon
day caught them just east of Nashua
compelling them to stop at that city
for the night and their trip to Glas-
gov the following morning was diff
cult owing to the heavy roads.
Mr.. Penn is proprietor and editor
of the Sherwood Tribune, a paper of
wide circulation in the western part
of North Dakota. He spent some
time in Glasgow about two years age
and expressed great surprise at the
wonderful growth of this city since
he was last here.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
GLASGOW kANDOFFICE
DOES A BIG BUSINESS
Disposed of 1866 Acres of Surveyed Land During
Past Fiscal Year.
CASH RECEIPTS MAKE UP LARGE SUM
Total Cash Receipts for Year Ending June 3O 1916 Amount
Almost Double Amount of Previous Year. Second and
Fourth Quarters Are Busiest.

the Glasgow Land Office was estab-
lished. Figures compiled of the re-
ceipts from the first to the seven
teenth inclusive show a total Of $7O,-
438.78 and when it is realized that
out of these seventeen days only thir-
teen were working days, it can be
assumed that the balance of the
month will without doubt equal this
sum if not exceed it.
E. C. Hargadine, Receiver and Thos.
Jones, Register of the Land Office
have both been most faithful in the
duties imposed upon them and it has
not been an uncommon thing for then
both to put many extra hours at the
office with their clerks bringing thu
work up to date, Regular office
hours are almost an unusual thing
with them, as they are sometimes al
work by seven o'clock in the morning
and often work till late at night
When the daily receipts fall to 81,
OOO.OO it is now considered a rather
quiet day.
Land still unappropriated in th'
local land Office in the various coun
ties are as follows:
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21

The Glasgow Land Office experience
ed one Of the busiest years since it
was established in the year which end
ed on June 3Oth, 1916. A total of
1,4O1,9 acres of surveyed land was
disposed of in the twelve months and
the applications, final proofs, and
other business of the Office has been
so heavy that the force has expert
enced considerable difficulty in keep
ing it up to date. More clerks are
needed to properly handle this office
work, as it is now working with a
smaller force than other land Offices
where the work is not nearly so
heavy.
Figures compiled in the land Office
show that On June 3Oth, 1915, there
was 5,O1O,7SO acres of surveyed and
unsurveyed land unappropriated in the
Glasgow Land Office District, and on
the 3Oth of June, 1916, it had de-
minished to 3,6O8,814 acres showing
the tremendous amount having been
| taken up during the year. There
were $685. applications during the
year just closed as against 5,179 ap-
plications for the year previous in
dating the increasing number Of
homesteaders that are yearly coming
to the northeastern part of Montana
to secure homes.
There still remains a large areage
within this land Office district yet un-
appropriated both of surveyed and un-
surveyed land making it possible fol-
many people to still secure gooc
homes. OF the surveyed land ye1
open for filing there are 1899 ,56!
acres and 1,7O9,249 acres of unsurvey
ed all of which included land which il
classified as both agricultural ant
grazing.
Total receipts for the past yeal
were $424,563.98, almost double tha
of 1915, which was 1929, 1888, an in
crease of $195,414.15. Quarterly re-
ceipts for the fiscal year ending June
3Oth, 1916, show the second and fourth
quarters as being the heaviest ant
indicate the season of the year wher
the land seeker is most in evidence
These receipts are, for the quarter
ending September 30th, 1915, $78,
1858, for the quarter ending De
cember 81, 1915, $9O,O73.16, for th'
quarter ending March 81, 1916, SAL,
5O9.47, and for the quarter ending
June 3Oth, 1916, $2O8,795.72. From
the present indications the .r.onth O
July, 1916 will be the biggest one o1
any month in financial receipts sine.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
COMMISSIONERS
NOW IN SESSION
Will Examine Tax Books as Board
of Equalization.

of Equalization.
The Board of Commissioners of
Valley County are in session as a
board of equalization and will con-
tinue for a period of two or more
weeks as the law requires them to re-
main in session for stated period
to permit taxpayers to appear before
them and secure such changes as they
deem equitable in the levy made by
the assessor. The present session
began Monday morning. Monday af-
ternoon they adjourned as such and
went into session to consider the
plans and specifications submitted by
committee from Hinsdale and H. H.
Alvis, consulting engineer, for a wat
er and electric lighting plant for that
city. These were approved by the
commissioners and ordered filed and
the clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids for the work.
Tuesday the board resumed their
session as equalizers and made a
number of recommendations fo1
changes in assessments made by the
| assessor. Most of these were in
creasing the number of sheep, cattle
and horses turned in by stockmen, in
some instances the change recon-
mended being almost double that or
| rho .esoceor'c bcokS OpIx, opo cho n oc
has so far been recommended in the
merchandising establishments, that OF
the Glasgow Drug Company. Thi:
was placed at $4OO0.OO and the boare
recommended that it be changed t,
10000. The work has only JUS
begun and the board will require con
siderable more time before the whole
list has been gone over.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21

The figures obtained by Assessor
Ben Cottrell showing the number of
acres of land under cultivation and
the yields in bushels in Valley county
was the first Of an authentic nature
ever taken and are source of con-
siderable study to those interested in
the development of this section of the
state. They show that there is
about one third of the assessed acre
age of the county under cultivation
and also shows there is vast num-
Der of acres in the county which will
be put into crops in the near future.
When all the land is put into crops
that is available at this time for that
purpose the result will be that VAL
ley county will become leader in
the state as a wealth producing Sec
ton.
There was a total of 1O9,1 ares
growing crops of some kind with a
total yield in grains and corn of l.
988, 8,632 bushels, 27,618 bushels of po-
tatoes and 1881 tons Of all hay.
Corn yielded 44,421 bushels last year
which can be considered very good
when the unfavorable season is re-
membered and this could have been
greatly increased had all the corn
planted been allowed to mature.
Many formers cut their corn for the
fodder and this had the effect of re-
ducing the total yield in bushels by
at least 33 per cent.
Grain was grown on 97,O5O acres
last year and the total number OF
bushels grown on this acreage was
1,944,111. According to estimates
made by those in a position to judge
there will be at least 80 per cent
more acreage in crops in Valley coun-
ty this year than in 1915 and with the
present good prospects for a heavy
yield the total yield should exceed
that of last year if not almost doubl-
ing it.
A noticeable feature of the figures
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
-Four Valleys Company
Is Now in Operation

Last Saturday the final formal pro-
cedure was completed whereby the
Four Valleys Telephone Company of
Glasgow, corporation organized
early in 1916, took over all the hold
ings of the Moore Telephone & Tele-
graph Company. These holdings con-
SISTED of the entire telephone sys-
TENS of northeastern Montana cover
ing the state from Havre east as far
as Sidney in the Lower Yellowstone
Valley.
The newly elected officers of the
Four Valleys Telephone Company are
R. J. Moore, President and Geo. E.
-Alsop Secretary-Treasurer. These
officer were elected at meeting held
on the 18th at which time the incor-
porating directors retired. It is the
intention of the stockholders to make
some changes in the present board of
directors at later meeting at which
time it is understood that L. w. Glib
son, who has just disposed of his
large ranch property and sheep on
the Missouri will be elected President
of the company and R. j. Moore. the
present holder of that Office will be
elected to the Vice-Presidency and be-
come General Manager.
The capitalization of the new COM
pany is S4OO, 100000 divided into $780,
10000 of preferred stock and $3.50.
10000 of common stock and it is the
intention to issue but S250,0OO.0O OF
stock at the present time. The com.
pany will extend its lines in mum
Der of places among which will be
a line to Opheim and Glentana which
will be put through at once. Worl
on this line is now we'll under way
The reorganization of the Moore
Telephone interests and the forma
ton of the Four Valley Telephone
Company marks another epoch in th'
development of Glasgow as the com
mercial center of the entire north
eastern Montana and is further evi
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
RANCHER SHOT
TRESPASSER
Pete Wittmayer Takes Shot at
Claude Sackett Monday.
CLAIM is TRESPASSING
Parties Have Had Previous Trouble
and Bad Feeling Existed for
Some Time.

Claude Sackett, a rancher, who has
been working for Browning Brothers,
on the Missouri River, was shot by
Pete Wittmayer, on the latter's place
on Eighth Point Monday. The bull
let entered the feshy part of the
right arm and after passing through
lodged in the muscle of the left shoul-
der and has not yet been extracted.
The wounded man was rushed to the
hospital at Glasgow where he has re-
ceived every attention, but owing to
his weakened condition it has been
deemed best not to probe for it at
present. The weapon used was a
3O-3O Winchester rifle.
Ill feeling has existed between the
wounded man and Wittmayer for
some time, it being but few months
since the latter had Sackett and his
partner Roberts, arrested for tres
passing. At that time it appears
that these two men were attempting
to jump part of the Wittmayel
homestead and as result of the
hearing Roberts was fined in Judge
Evans court. Both Roberts anc
Sackett were ordered by the court tc
stay off the Wittmayer place.
The trouble Monday is reported te
has resulted from the attempt Of
Sackett to remove moving machine
from the Wittmayer place. Tht
mower was the property of Marvin
Browning, it is claimed, and Sacket'
was intending to take it to Brown
ing's to cut hay. He went to thu
Wittmayer place, secured the ma
chine without the knowledge of Witt
mayer and started away with it. Th'
latter discovered him and ordered
him to leave the machine and get of
the place but Sackett did not com
ply with the demand.
Just what followed is not clearl,
stated but it is supposed that whel
the order to leave the machine wa
not complied with Wittmayer secure
3O-3O Winchester and fired the sho
taking effect as above stated.
Sackett was rushed to the hospita
at once where he is now resting a
we'll as the wound will permit. Witt
mayer was brought to town by Sher
iff Powell Thursday and was take
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
HOMESTEADER
SHOOTS SELF
With Muzzle of Shotgun in His
Mouth Pulls Trigger.
NO CAUSE FOR ACT KNOWN
Had Just Proved Up on Fine Home
stead on Reservation and Con-
sidered Prosperous.

L. E. Kroxell, a homesteader on
the reservation about ten miles north
of Nashua, committed suicide some
time during last Monday at his ranch
home. A IL gauge shotgun was
the means taken to depart this life,
the man apparently having placed the
muzzle of the gun in this mouth and
pulled the trigger with his toe, as
when found he was lying on the floor
dressed with the exception of his
shoes and socks. Coroner c. E. Pet
erson left Glasgow Thursday in res
ponse to a telephone call and brought
the body to Glasgow where it is now
held in the morgue awaiting instruc-
tions as to it's disposal, from rela-
tives, who have been notified.
The deceased has lived alone on the
homestead for three years and is sup
posed to have been single man. He
was about AZ years old, and so far
as is known there was no reason for
the act He was of cheerful dis
position and when last seen gave no
indications of being in a frame of
mind that would lead him to destroy
himself. He had just proved up on
his homestead, and has good crop
of flax and potatoes in and was not
badly in debt so far as can be learn
ed He had worked during the early
summer for the Reclamation Service
irs the east end of the county and on
the reservation, was of steady habits
and we'll liked by those who knew him.
Last Monday morning when the
mail carrier delivered mail to him,
he received it at the door, on Tues
day the carrier stopped but the door
was locked and he received no res
ponse to knock. Wednesday the
door was still locked and on Thursday
the carrier found the mail previously
left untouched. This aroused his
curiosity and he investigated with the
result that the discovery was made
that the man had killed himself and
the coroner was at once notified. A
brother residing at Deland, ILL.,, was in
formed by wire of the tragedy and it
is expected that he will be heard from
within short time
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21

dence of the growth of this company
the past two years. The centraliza-
tion here of the business of this, the
largest independent telephone system
in the state, demonstrates beyond a
doubt that Glasgow is the leader in
all development now in progress in
business circles and firmly establishes
this city in the lead of all others.
R. J. Moore, the prime mover in
the company, and the man who has
worked constantly during the past
ten years in building up this tele-
phone line, is deserving of all credit
for it's wonderful success. He n.
stalled few telephones in Glasgow
and the entral station was establish
ed at his home and for a few years
this was the method Of handling the
business. It finally became neces'
sary to provide more room and the
present central building was erected
where ample space was made for the
Offices of the company and the work
shops and exchange was considered
large enough to care for all increase
for several years to come.
The demand for telephone service
increased and exchanges were install
ed in Saco, Malta, Harlem and finally
the Water Users plant at Sidney was
purchased thus giving the company q
service line covering many thousand;
of square miles. The rapid growth
of the population of this territory ha:
made it necessary for increased ia
ilities to be added until at the present
time there is not a more moderr
plant in the state then that owned b,
the Four Valleys Telephone Com
pany.
L. W. Gibson became interested
with Mr.. Moore in the early stage
of the development of this compan,
and his foresight in recognizing tn
future possibilities are now bein,
proved and his judgment substantial
ed by the recent expansion of thi
company.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21


The total number of final certifi-
Gates issued from the land Office dur
ing the year was 1926. This will
give very good idea of the amount
of land that has come under taxation
and the increase in wealth Of the
state which has been added in the
local district. 1t also shows in a
very decisive manner how rapidly the
population of the state is being in
creased.
No more forceful argument can be
put forth to indiate the real necessity
of federal building in Glasgow than
is found in the report of the land Of
flee at Glasgow. This and the big
increase in the postal receipts for the
fiscal year just closed demonstrates
clearly the wonderful growth and de-
velopment of the territory tributary
to this city. The increase will con-
tinue each year for many years to
come and the Federal Government
can make no more profitable invest
ment than to erect building here
with the necessary accommodations
required to properly handle it's busi-
ness.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
Valley County Acreage
in Crop Small in 1915

gathered and one that will cause con-
siderable wonderment is the small
acreage in potatoes last year. At
glance the figures seem to indicate
that the Assessor must have overlook
ed some of the potatoe growers but
this is not so and lesson is here to
be learned that someone is overlook
ing a good chance to make money.
With only 248 acres producing 27,618
bushels of potatoes in this county last
year it is no wonder that there is
a shortage existing and the wonder
is that there even was time when
potatoes were plentiful. The re-
turns per acre are small and it is ac-
counted for by the fact that in most
every case the grower put in few
acres just to have crop in the
ground and did not give much at
tention to the yield. With proper at
tention potatoes are known to yield
as high as 5l8 bushels to the acre in
Valley county and by giving reason
able attention to them the farmer
can realize big return for the year
on potatoes.
HAVRE GAMES CALLED OFF
Manager Fred Fischl Of the Glas-
gov baseball team received a wire
Thursday morning informing him that
the Havre team will not come here
for the series of games scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday. Manager
Needham of the Havre team stated
in the wire that the team is broke
and cannot make any more collections
on subscriptions so they are unable
to get car fare to bring them to Glas-
gov.
The cancelling of these games by
Havre will come as disappointment
to the fans of this city as they were
confident the locals would trim them
in proper style. 1t will be more dis
appointing to Manager Fischl as the
time is too short to permit of arrang-
ing other games.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Chester E. Baker and Maria L.
Haltmier, both Of Glentana; Mahlon
N. Dawson of Glasgow and Minnie
Mccullough of Kalispell; Abe Olson
and Alma w. Anderson, both of Hins-
dale; Geo. H. Gallagher and George
Edris, both of Spokane; Ray Francis
Hendricks and Katherine Campbell
both of Glasgow; Erin Nelson and
Caroline Cavender, both of Hinsdale.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
NEWSPAPER MAN HERE

E. L. Penn and wife of Sherwood,
North Dakota, arrived in Glasgow,
Tuesday morning on the second lap
of trip they are making to Har-
lem in this state. The trip is be-
ing made by automobile and it is their
intention to complete the journey in
about two more days. Mr.. Penn
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21

before Judge Rapp, where he waived
preliminary hearing, and was bound
over to the district court under a
81, 10000 bond, which was furnished
by w. F. Shannon and John Etche-
pare, as securities.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21
FAUST FOR STATE TREASURER

AUST TVN OINI II 1"A1&HOO WIN
Leo H. Faust has announced his
candidacy for state treasurer on the
Republican ticket. Mr.. Faust is
we'll qualified for the position and his
nomination would prove good one.
It would give all this great northeast
ern section of Montana a recognition
which it has never received at the
hands of any party, in the event OF
party success this fall.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-07-21

Geo. Reynolds of Bainville, was in
the city over Sunday and took in the
ball games.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-28

Archer av., your name, address, age
and teammates; also whatever con-
tribution you can afford. If your cir
cumstances will not permit you to
contribute it will make no difference,
you are wanted anyhow. AS the ban
quet is planned to take place about
the first part of March your names
should be in by Feb. Is at the latest.
This is purely a reunion of the. good
old ballplayers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-28
JACK MUNROE

Jack Monroe, former fighter who
enlisted in the British army, is in a
London hospital recovering from an
operation performed after German
shell took off his right arm at the
elbow.
The ann was the one that gained
fame for Jack when he knocked
down Jim Jeffries while Jeff was
champion.
Monroe was sergeant in the
princess Pats" regiment which was
almost entirely wiped out in the sec
ond battle of Ypres.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-28
SISTERS DEFEND HOUSE OF
GOOD SHEPHERD

Sisters of the House of Good Shop
herd, replying to bill of injunction
which ]. H Straley, 4410 N Clark ST.,
representing Guardians of Liberty,
prepared to file against the city in
protest against further payment of
city money to the institution on the
ground that it is sectarian and that
girls of tender years are compelled
to work long hours, as published in
The Day Book of Jan. %, have is
sued the following statement:
mo girl under 16 years of age is
employed in the laundry.
mo girl under IA years of age is
employed on electric sewing ma
chimes. -...
Working hours in all departments
are from $50 a. m. to 11:30 a. M,
1870 p. m. to 5 p. m. A recess is
given at 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. for
lunch. All girls under Is years of
age attend school half a day. All
over Is years who desires may attend
school,
1--WE make no distinction as to the
religious beliefs of those who enter
we have at present 81 nen-Catholics
under our care, some having already
spent two years in the institution"
Owing to the congestion of ship.
ping at Marseilles, Genoa, and other
leading ports of the Mediterranean,
a number of vessels are unloading
cargoes at the port of Monaco, in :
the principality of that name, re-
nowned hitherto because it has with
in its borders the great gambling
center of Monte Carlo. 1t is said that
port charges at Monaco are most
reasonable and that so far there is
no congestion.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-28
MAYOR TO ARRANGE SPORTS
FOR BOYS OF CITY

Stirred by the washington Park
robbery Mayor Thompson announced
last night that a board of recreation
would be appointed to eliminate the
poo1room evil. Careful supervision
of all billiard halls and establish
ment of others for minors only will
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-28

be the work of the body to be APP
pointed by the mayor.
Encouragement of sports both out
door and gymnasium, extension of
bathing beach opportunities and for
nation of social centers will be some
of the duties of the board. There
will be 81 members.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-10-12
LATE MATURITY OF
FRUIT Is NOTED

The lateness of maturity of the Hood
River apple crop. (which will move
probably three weeks later than in nor
NAL years. is having an effect on the
market situation. With orders pouring
in last week for Immediate delivery OF
fruit. the Apple Growers Association is
finding itself unable to fill them.
"We are getting daily orders at our
regular scale of prices" said Wilmer
Sieg. but we simply haven't as yet
got the fruit with which to fill them. !"
The lack of packers is another fea-
ture that is at present delaying the de-
livery of local apples. A shortage of
packers is being felt in all districts.
To increase the number Of its licensed
packers the Association has been con-
Quoting schools in the Pine Grove,
Odell and Parkdsle districts.
The situation, too. is being made en-
barrassing by the demand on the part
of an element of the packers for higher
pay. Packers engaged by the Pine
Grove community warehouse. having
struck. walked'out when their demands
were refused. ::eThe community organ.
ization, however. has succeeded in re.
placing the men. and is continuing to
operate at capacity.
The pay for packers that has been
suggested by the Association was three
cents per box from grading machines
and four cents, where the packer had
to do his own sorting. The demands
have been for a cent increase,