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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MINES OF SAND COULEE
EMPLOYING 500 MINERS

Sand Coulee.-The prosperous con-
dition of the state is having a very
beneficial effect on this camp, be-
cause of the increased demand for
coal. About 500 men are on the pay
rolls of the various companies, which
include the Brown, Wilson and Nell
son companies. the Anaconda Mining
company, which is operating the old
Tracy property. About 1900 tons of
coal are shipped out of here every
day, while nearly as much more is
produced at Stockett, a nearby camp,
which is being operated by Great
Northern interests.
The Pierce Coal company, a new
concern. is just about ready to pro-
duce coal.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
GOLF HAZARD rs NEW;
SCORER WAS A SOLOMON

st. Louis. FIRED Behrine and E. W.
Snowden We're playin" for the Glass
d championship recently, when a COW
slrolled across the green.
Just then Behring swung, and his
ball went into the cows mouth. He
chased the animal, beating it with his
club. The cow ran to a point near the
next hole before it dropped the ball.
Rehring putted the ball in and
claimed he made the hole in 2. The
official scorer was appealed to.
"You made it in 31.' he told Beh-
ring. "You struck that COW with that
club twenty-nine times before she
dropped the ball on the green.'
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
Will Reduce the Cost.

Judge King goes on to say that the
new arrangement will reduce the pro
rata cost of construction. operation
and maintenance. and will make all
who are benefited by the government
expenditure help to bear the burden.
and make it possible for the farmers
concerned to take advantage of the
recently enacted rural credit act. He
insists that if those on reclamation
pro, jects are to receive the benefits
Of the federal banking act. rura,
credit loans, or ever loans by the
state or loans by large loaning COM
panies, the projects will have to sub
stitute the irrigation plan for the
present system.
The time required under the diff
ferent statutes for perfection of or
%ganization so as to place the entry
men and land owners in 4 position to
deal advantageously with the Unit
ed States varies from three to six
months. 1t is important, however.
that immediate steps be taken with a
view to receiving legislative aid, if
required, prior to the coming session
of the legislature.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
BULLS AND BEARS AT FRONT

London.-The British army has a
battalion composed almost entirely Of
bankers and men from the financial
district Of London in the trenches.
Fighting the Germans has not taken
their minds away from investment and
speculation to any noticeable extent.
They still keep in telegraphic touch
with the Stock Exchange. quotations
being received daily at the front. One
member of the exchange does business
for seventy Officers and men Of this
battalion. Many of these have made
good turns ON the market while in the
trenches. IT takes a German bullet to
end their interest in money making.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MOTOR COACHES
TRAVEL FACTOR
MONTANA HAS MANY AUTO
LINES RUNNING INTO IN
TERROR TOWNS.
Some of Them Garry Passengers as
Cheaply as do the Railroads; Many
Travelling Men Are Making Use of
Automobiles; They Make Time.

One Of the big factors IN Montana
transportation is the automobile
stage. In many instances it hauls
passengers at about the same rate per
mile as the railroad. In some i'll
stances it's chareg is ven less. Their
lines radiate out from some station
that supplies interior points, to
which the traveller is carried with eX-
petition and comfort.
A delightful trip by auto stage is
the one from Missoula to Hamilton.
The run is made very quickly, and the
trip is a pleasure to the lover of the
beautiful in nature. The motor road
follows up the Bitter Root valley, one
of the most exquisite valleys IN the
state. One dashes by miles of Or
chards, just now full of fruit. The
trip is particularly pleasant in the
spring. when the apple trees are IN
bloom, and the air is impregnated
with their fragrance. This trip can
be made in about the same time and
for the same price as is charged by
the railroad company.
From Ravalli to the Lake.
Another interesting trip by auto
stage is from Ravalli on the North
ern Pacific. into the lower F1athead
valley, to Poison, a pretty town stu
ated at the southern end of the Flat
head lake. The Flathead valley is
one of verdure and beauty, and one
passes through as fertile a country as
there is anywhere on earth. On e
cry side stretch well titled fields, and
handsome homes made possible by the
fertility Of the soil. This run passes
through ST. Ignatius. one of the his
torical mission towns of the state,
and a beauty spot.
All along the line of the Great
Northern, running east from HaVre to
Mondak are robust towns which arc
the connecting points for interior
towns to the north and south. The
same statement applies to the North
crn Pacific, as it describes a grea>
bow through the southeastern portion
of Montana. Auto lines radiate from
stations on this line north into tho
wide stretches Of Dawson county
where there are numerous interior
towns Of Importance.
Make Railroad Time.
Lines also run out from the Mil
waukre and Oregon Short Line ant
in every instance the machines max,
railroad time. The novelty of tn
trip. after one has ridden long on TIN
train. affords Il pleasant relief to tn
tired traveller. and before he @realiZe
il he arrives at his destination.
a great many commercial travellers
who have TO make interior towns o
Montana. WI machines. and annihill
ate distance thereby. They are ire
qucntly enabled to make scvera
towns in a day with their motor
where. if they were tlaVclin" by rail
road, they could make only one toWl
a day.
The automobile Is Il great factor i
Montana travel. and lis use is be
coming more general every day, SINAI
wonder is ii, that with nearly over
farmer owning an automobile. tn
state l. the largest buyer of motor
in the union, population considered.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
TOMMY WITH FATAL WOUND,
CARRIES MESSAGE AND DIES

London.-The most stirring story
connected with the awarding Of TWEEN
ty Victoria crosses tonight concerns
Private James Miller.
Mortally shot in the abdomen while
carrying an important dispatch re-
quiring immediate answer, Miller
compressed the wound with his hand,
delivered the message and returned
with the reply, falling dead at the
feet of the officer to which he handed
if.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
Many National Bonds.

New banks. and the prosperous on
djtions of the older ones. spells pros
perity. and while Mr.. Ma@raW's re
port makes a very favorable showing
of the finances of the individual in
the aggregate. it does not show half
OF what is being accomplished by the
various financial institutions of the
state, for the reason that many of the
banking houses of Montana, and in
this list is included many of the older
and stronger banks. are doing bust
ness under federal authorization. as
national banks.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
STENOGRAPHERS WANTED

Two hundred positions for male
stenographers will be filled within a
short time by the government, accord
ing to announcement. The positions
pay from $40 to $1,000 a year. FIX
aminations will be held monthly, ex-
cepting in December.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
Romance of the Life.

There is Just as much romance and
mystery connected with their lives
as there is With those of the North
west Mounted Police. and for this rea-
SON ii has always been somewhat of a
surprise that no one has seen i'll them
the possibilities for motion picture
productions. Their pay is SMALL.
only $40 a month. and they work n
hours ont of u. 1t is not the pay
but the spirit of adventure which
lures them into the service. and some
of them possess independent incomes.
Gun fighters Just naturally drift into
the rangers. Most Of them are young
fellows who follow the life because
they like it. and there is a glamour
about it that is very attractive. They
wear no uniform. but when YOU sec
a swashbucklins young fellow with a
hard eve. wearln" a we'll filled cart
ridge belt to which is attached an old
fashioned colts revolver you know he
is 4 RANGER.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

Fargo has been selected as the point
at which the Equity society's million
dollar packing plant will be located.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

Helena During the past three
years seventy new state banks
have come into existence, making
the total Of institutions of this
character in Montana 2l8. This
increase, an indication of the rap
i'd growth and development of the
state, is shown in the report of
State Bank Examiner H. S. Ma
graw. Mr.. Magraw's report has
to do only with state institu-
tions, and contains no information
with regard to banks chartered
by the federal government.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MONTANA STATE
BANKS GROWING
GROWTH OF BANKING INSTITU-
TIONS SHOW HOW PROS
Porous OUR STATE IS.

Survey of Past Three Years by State
Bank Examiner; Seventy New State
Banks; But Three Failures in Same
Period.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MINE PAYROLL
IS HUGE FIGURE
MONTANA INDUSTRY WHICH IS
DISTRIBUTING FOUR MIL
LIONS MONTHLY.
States Mines Employing An Indus
trial Army of Workers; Activity in
Mining Helping to Make Farm
Market; Copper to Stay High.

Between 22,OOO and 24,OOO men are
employed in the mining industry, and
in industries connected with mining,
in Montana, according to w. b. Orem,
state mining inspector. The combined
p~ayrolls aggregate ove $4,000, 900 per
month.
OF this vast army Of workers, half
a good sized army corps, 10000 are
employed in the Butte mines, which
are being worked to their greatest
capacity just now on account Of the
unusual demand for copper. Mr..
Orem is of the opinion that the de-
mand for copper will be as acute as it
now is for the next five OF six years.
cooper operators who are in a po-
sition to know assert that there will
be a fat price for the red metal for
a long time after the war has ended.
Tons of the metal have been blown
into the air, and wasted, and every
bit of copper metal, ornaments, and
scraps have been collected in such
countries as Austria and Germany,
and this will all have to be replaced
when the war ends.' said Mr.. Orem.
Will Remain High.
"Somc of the more sanguine copper
operators are inclined to be Of the
opinion that copper will remain
around it's present price, which is
the highest price in years, for at least
five years, or at any rate during the
period of ad justment of the worlds
chaotic affairs, and this demand,
which will circulate millions Of dollars
in Montana, together with the ire
mendous demand for land. will keep
Montana in a condition of prosperity
all during this dreaded period of re-
construction. And when this period
passes. and the world resumes its
normal functions we will have gone
through the worst Of it without any
knowledge of it save what we may
read in the eastern newspapers. The
| man who is in Montana has reason
to congratulate himself.'
Pay Roll Enormous.
"Thc total pay roll for industries
, connected with mining will reach
about $4,000, 600 per month. Butte's
share of this immense sum is approx.
5 imately $4,000, 600, with 81 100000 90
ing to other districts Of the state
! where there is mining. This outsid,
\ mining is confined to a very large de
gree to jefferson. Lewis and Clarke
Cascade, Fergus, Granite, Deer Lodge
= Missoula and Mineral counties. II
O no period of the states history ha.
: the mining industry been as prespjer
9 GUS as it now is. and it spells prosper
ity for the sections effected, and TO
the whole state, for that matter, be
h cause the mining sections have to o.
to the agricultural districts for food
and thus we Montanas make on
hand wash the other.
y "An abnormal amount of gold am
u silver will be produced this wear. be
;, cause much of these more preciou
! metals are mined as !, copper by-pro
v duct. As for zinc. VIC have more o
Y this metal in Montana than we hay
copper. and the power TO treat it cleo
~1rically so that We cam compete VIII
amy zinc producing country in tn
) world.'
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
TEXAS RANGERS
SHOOT ON SIGHT
RULE THE BORDER WITH A
HIGH HAND AND KILL
MANY MEXICANS,
Texans Excuse Their Methods Be-
cause Of Necessity; Mexicans Be-
lieve If Rangers Were Out of Way,
Could Whip the States.

San Antonio, Texas.-Have you
ever noticed a bunch of chicken scat
ter when the belligerent and hungry
hawk swoops down on them? You
know then what happens to a group
of Mexicans when a Texas ranger
looms on the horizon. Mexicans are
an emotional people, but there is no
emotion so strongly implanted in their
brown bosoms as the fear in their
hearts Of the men-tigers chosen by
the commonwealth of Texas to pro-
tect the boundary.
Mexican leaders take this fear into
consideration when they pursuade
their ignorant followers that if the
freasome rangers were only out Of the
way they would experience little diff
ficulty in whipping the United States
out of hand and winning back for the
land of the mescal all the wide terri
tory that belonged to Mexico before
the war of 1S4S.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

During the same period the re-
sources Of state banks have grown
from &56,OSS,317 to $S1 ,S94,S6S,
while deposits have grown from $45,-
1S2,5OS to S66,547, 49S. Private banks
have decreased from % to 10, and but
three banks have been closed, the
Bridger State bank, with an estimated
loss to depositors of 100000; the
Farmers State bank at Bridger. with
a loss to depositors of $1,000 DOC and
the State Savings Bank of Butte, the
troubles of which began in the days of
frenzled finance, some ten years ago
and which lost its depositors over
$55O,OOO.
In addition to these three failures.
several institutions of known weak
ness have been nursed carefully back
into a healthy state, and Mr.. Magraw
is of the opinion that all banks doing
business in Montana are in excellent
condition financially.
Careful About Charters.
Private banks are rapidly coming
INTO the state system, several CONSOLE
dations having been brought about,
and charters for new banks are being
granted only with the greatest eau
ton, to the end that unreliable per
sons may not be permitted to engage
in the banking business and that
banks may not enter fields that would
be likely to prove Improbable and
for that reason unsafe.
The average Of deposits in these in
stitutions during the period covered
by Mr.. Magraw's report have been, il
round figures, $50, 900 900. and the
loss to depositors has been one sew.
enth OF one per cent.
The number Of banks to be ex
amincd each year has now reached
237. the number Of counties is Al
there are Is building and loan asso
Citations, and incorporated cities ano
towns to the number of Sc have beer
added to the work of the force
School districts also must be exam
med when requested by the schoo
board. and four such examination!
have been made this year. To thu
county department has also been add
ed examination of county high school
and irrigation districts.
Mr.. Ma@raw has turned back mt
the general fund of the state S11.172.
20 remaining unused in the state OK
amincr's fund from the appropriation
made for the department S mainte
nance.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
Record Year for Steel.

Pittsburg.-James A. Farrell, head
of the United States Steel corpora
ton, says 1916 will 90 down in history
as the most remarkable year the steel
and iron industry has ever known.
and he predicts that next year will be
fully equal to 1916.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

Britain will stop shipment of neu-
trail nations from the United States.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

Denver is after a farm loan bank,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

out OF hand and winning back tor the
land of the mescal all the wide terri
tory that belonged to Mexico before
the war of 1S4S.
Hold Life Cheaply.
The story told of the report made
by two rangers to their captain gives
an idea of the manner in which they
handle these people. "We met two
Mexicans on the road it read, "but
did not have time to bury them"
"They are the most cold-blooded
bunch of persons in the world" said
an Ell Pasoan in speaking of the rang
ers. "They have no regard for hui
man life whatever, and it's because
Of this that Mexicans are in deadly
fear Of them. Whenever they arrest
one of the greasers they rarely dis
arm him, and allow him every oppor-
tunity to get away. [ asked n the
reason for this once and he replied
'They might try to start something il
we leave their arms on them, and q
dead Mexican is always a lot less
trouble than a live one. We would
have to kill en- in self Defense
Free With Their Guns.
Rangers can kill a peon with i'm.
punity and are scarcely asked to pu'
in a plea Of self defense. and the
rangers shoot on the slightest excuse
The result is that Mexican sentiment
is very much against the rangers, anC
against the people whom they repre-
sent. The Mexicans are human, jus
like anybody else. and even though
their lives are not the most pleasan
possible. they prefer to end them il
the natural way.
On the other hand one will fin
many persons who have only tn
highest praise for the work of tn
rangers. They insist that if they di
not resort to methods that seem al
most inhumane the border would b
in constant turmoil. and American
!, families living close to the line woul'
j, suffer a great deal more than the.
do. Certainly in Texas. whore tn
) Mexican is not held in very high os
TEEN the methods of the ranger find
j., very npnpra a%DDrOyaI.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-09
GOVERNMENT TO HELP GOOD ROADS.
Mississippi Will Get half Million
Rural Routes to Receive Es-
peciaI Attention.

The Shackleford Bill" carrying
lan appropriation of $25, 900, 600 TO
aid the states in improving their
public roads, used in the postal
service of the government has pass
ed the House. There seems to be
unanimity of opinion that Congress
may well provide out of the public
treasury for this great public neces-
sity.
Each state is to receive outright
the sum of sos, 900. and one-half
of the remainder to be divided is
to be appointed among the states
according to population and the
remaining half according to the
mileage of rural free delivery
routes to the extent that such pop
ulation and rural free delivery
routes bear to the population and
free delivery routes of all the states.
All construction and mainte-
nance of roads under this bill shall
be under the supervision and con-
troll of the state highway depart
ments of the states. In such states
as have no highway departments
the apportionment of the fund for
such state shall be expended in
such manner as the secretary and
the governor may agree upon.
The secretary . is authorized to
make or direct such examination
and inspection of any road con-
structed or maintained under the
provisions of the act and to pre-
scribe such rules and regulations
for the administration of this act
as he may consider expedient. "
All payments for road construc-
| tion under the act are to be made
upon warrants drawn by the secre-
tary of agriculture. The state de-
string aid under the act may ap-
ply" and the secretary may ap-
prove or reject the application. So
far as the federal treasury is con-
cerned, the act is "horse- high,
bull-strong and pig-tight. !" 1t is
pure business and without the least
touch of sentiment.
The total amount received by
Mississippi, counting population,
rural free delivery roads and star
routes will be $497, 130.
But what the Senate will do with
the bill remains yet to be seen.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-09
BROOEHAVEN BANKS KEEPING
ABREAST OF MODERN METHODS

Following shortly after the an
nouncement of New York bank
that through one ad. in the news
papers it had increased its deposits
by $588, 900 comes the report from
ST. Louis that the banks have
started an advertising campaign
for deposits, the use of safety
vaults and such other matter as
banks might advertise. And they
are doing it through newspapers,
of course.
This is in line with the state
ments made before in these col
umns that the banks throughout
the country are looking more and
more to newspaper advertising to
increase their business.
The Brookhaven bankers know
this, and are keeping fully abreast
Of modern methods by continually
telling the public through The
Leader the merits of their institu-
tionS.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-09

years a resident of Brookhaven,
authorized The Leader to make an
nouncement that he is a candidate
for alderman from the first ward.
Mr.. Canterbury came here from
Hazlehurst and has made one of
our best citizens. A man of un-
impeachable integrity, who has
made success of his own business,
he and his friends, who are numer-
GUS, believe that it will be to the
best interests of the city to elect
him as member of the council
for the next term.
He is good citizen and has the
ability to make a splendid alder
man. This is his first race for
any Office and he will make every
effort to acquaint himself with the
people and will appreciate any sup
port given him in the race. He
believes he thoroughly understands
the needs of his people and willfdo
| his best if elected to make a safe
land business-like member. Z
A consideration Of his claims is
urged by The Leader upon the
voters of Ward I.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-09
SOME FAITH.

| JUS dom know ef, de cohn'll
grow,
But plants hitjest de same;
| jes' don know eff de wind'll
blow,
But | watch and pray,
An l reap an SOW,
An de sun, he rise,
An de ribber flow,
An de good Lord know my
name.
l JUS can't tell eff de cotton sell,
But l tolls on jes' de same;
De birds dey build where de spring
say swell,
An dey know enough for a rainy
spell,
An dat's lots more dan dey gwine
ter tell
An de good Lord know my
name.
So l watch an pray as l goes my
way,
An l tolls on jes' de same;
De rose is sweet, but de rose can't
stay,
But Pm mighty glad when it
blooms my way;
De night fall dark, but de Lord
send day,
An de good Lord know my
Frank L. Stanton.