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The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
TAX LEVY TO A.
BE THE SANE;
County Commissioners Complete
Levy for Year 1916.
GLASGOW PAYS HEAVIEST
Property Owners Within Corporal
Limits Pay Larger Tax Than
Those in County.

Valley County tax payers will pay
approximately the same in taxes this
year as they did in 1915 according to
the tax list made up by the County
Commissioners during the session Of
this week. The total of the taxes
to be paid by residents of Glasgow
which will include the state, county,
and city taxes amounts to 51.45 mills.
Those residing in the country and in
the other cities and towns of the coun-
ty will pay a smaller amount rang
ing from ten to 20 mills less, the diff
ference being caused by the variation
in the school levies. Practically the
only change made in the levy for this
year appears in that for livestock pur-
poses this year amounts to 21s mills,
while for 1915 it was three mills.
BY virtue of levy two mills in
ordinance passed by the city council
which provides for the maintainance
of the streets and alleys, the five mill
levy for the road fund does not ap-
ply within the city limits of Glasgow.
With this difference in their favor
all property owners in the city limits
are still required to pay much larg-
er.tav than those residing outside the
incorporate limits. The tax levy ir
full as designated by the commission
ers is as follows:
State purposes, all property 21a mills
State Bond ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. a mill
State Insane Asylum & Tu-
berculosis Sanitarium I'M
provement Bond Fund 1-2O mill
Expense of Board of Stock
Commissioners ,all live
stock OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. " mill
State Livestock Sanitary
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
Total.
BISHELL BOOSTS co. &c" FUNL

BISHELL BOOSTS co. &c" FUND
No more patriotic business man can
be found in Glasgow than A. J. Bish-
ell, the peppery manager of the Or
pheum motion picture house. AS an
additional demonstration of his pub
lie spiritedness which has so many
times been displayed since his arrival
in the city, he has just announced that
he will set aside 20 per cent of the
proceeds received on Thursday night,
August oath, as gift to be forward
ed to the boys of Company &c" now
stationed at Douglas. On that eve
ming will be shown "For The Defense"
stirring picture that has had most
wonderful run in the east and shown
to capacity houses wherever booked.
Fannie Ward who won such praise
for her work in "The Cheat" will again
appear in "For The Defense"
The boys of Company &c" will well
come this addition to their canteen
fund, for at the best it never amounts
to a large sum, and the generosity of
Mr.. Bishell in contributing neat sum
of cash to their service will certainly
make decided hit with them. Not a
man in Company &c" but knows
"Bish" has a kindly thought for then
and they will probably make quite al
walton over the remembrance he vii
send them.
The setting aside of portion of thu
proceeds of the Orpheum to be SEN
| the boys will without doubt draw al
additional attendance on the night O,
| August oath.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
HUTTON KILLED
| in GUN FIGHT
Sac0 Man Meets Instant Death
in Pistol Duel.
WALTER JAMES is HELD
Fatal Shooting Follows Quarrel
James Surrenders to Phillips
County Officers.

j. H. Hutton, commonly known as
"Curley" at Saco, where he has made
his home was shot and killed about
1O:3O Wednesday night and Walter
James of that city is now in the coun-
ty Jail at Malta charged with the
shooting. The killing took place
outside the Windsor Hotel and al
though the shots were heard by a
number of persons, the only eye wit
ness so far discovered was William
Dunbar.
Sheriff Shaw of Phillips county was
at Saco at the time of the killing and
Immediately phoned for Coroner Tuck
er and County Attorney Wolfe who
rushed to the scene in an auto where
the body was taken in charge by the
former and conveyed to Malta where
the autopsy was held. 1t was found
that four bullets had entered the body
any one of which would have caused
instant death, the size Of the bullets
fitted the shells in the gun which was
upon the prisoner when he was taker
to the county Jail.
Immediately after the shooting
James hunted up Sheriff Shaw anc
surrendered to him. The coroner's in.
quest and the preliminary hearing
will take place Saturday.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
MOTION PICTURES AT GIBSON

The Gibson Opera House will open
Monday evening with motion pictures
Mr.. Gath has secured excellent pic
ture service and has billed several big
features to appear in the near future.
The Gibson Opera House has one of
the finest picture screens in the state.
The Minusa Gold Film Screen, which
Mr. Gath ordered from the Mutual
Film Co., is 11.S by Is and is absolute
y seamless. The screen is not paint
ed but is woven out of one piece of
cloth. This screen is the best known
rejecting surface for motion pictures
with the only exception of plate glass.
The screen prevents distortion and the
result is as good if you are sitting in
the front of the theatre as in the
back. The Gibson will open with
"Where is Coletti?" featuring Hans
Junkerman and Madge Lessing, the
famous comedienne and dancer
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
Burned to Death at the
Arndt Sch0OlhOuSe Fire
Mrs. Tom Pritchard and Fred Svallheim Lose Their
Lives When Kerosene Stove Explodes.

the rear of the room away from the
fame. A window was raised and
orders issued to get the women and
children out first. This was done.
Fred Remore and Jack Sphinx of VAN
dalia stood beside the window and as
sisted all to get outside. Then the
men went through the window, and it
was supposed that everyone had made
their escape. Some time later it
was discovered that Mrs. Prichard and
the Svallheim boy were missing and
this resulted in finding they had not
left the building.
Mr.. Pritchard, when the fire started
rushed to his wife who was holding
their Is months old baby and started
to assist them in getting out of dang
err. Mrs. Pritchard handed him the
baby. saying to take care of him and
she would get out all right. He wait
ed until he supposed all were out and
I then escaped with the rest of the men,
| badly scorched and the baby suffering
severely also. Mr.. Svallheim was al
so under the impression that all of
his pdople had escaped from the
! building until it had become a mass
of flames from end to end. Disoov-
+ ering the boy missing he made d
dash for and tried to enter the school
building but was prevented from do
ing so by several men who held him
1t was certain death to re-enter the
building and the men who held the
distracted father forced to exert all
their strength to keep him from losing
his life.
After the fire had subsided suffici
emily search was made of the ruins
and the charred remains of the two
victims were located at the rear Of
the building. The supposition is tina,
they were overcome by the fumes from
the burning oil and becoming uncon
scious fell to the floor where the.
were not discovered, thus being burn
ed to death.
Others who suffered from sever
burning were, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Buell.
their II year old daughter, Fred Re
more, Alfred and Arthur johnson, a
we'll as many others who receives
j slight burns.
4 Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon for both Mrs
Pritchard and Fred Svallheim and
was attended by nearly every resi-
dent Of the district where the TRACED
:. occurred.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18

the Mexican front last Saturday eve-
ming, having received his honorable
discharge from the Montana organiz-
ed militia. Mr.. Ruffcorn states that
the married men are having consid-
cradle difficulty in getting discharged
from the service, under the recent act
of Congress which permits them to
be discharged upon proper applica-
ton. According to Mr.. Ruffcorn there
are about sixty applications in the
Montana regiment alone, and that up
to the present time none Of them have
been acted upon. This condition
seems to be peculiar to the Montana
regiment alone, the other regiments in
service there having their applications
acted upon at once. Mr.. Ruffcorn
stated that the difficulty did not seem
to lie in the Commanding Generals Of
| flee but rather with the officers of
the regiment who in some cases have
been holding up the mems applica-
tions, or sending them in with un-
favorable Endorsements, and that the
reason for this probably lies in the
fact that the discharge Of these might
necessitate the mastering out of one
company with consequent loss Of po-
sitions to a number of petty officers,
the Montana regiment having at the
present time barely enough men to
comprise regiment. With the ex-
ception of the water, which has been
causino the boys considerable trouble
conditions at the border, Mr.. Ruffcorn
says, are generally comfortable, the
sanitary condition of the camp is fine
the Montana regiment ranking among
the first in this regard. There has
however, been some little difficulty
with the MEDICAL corps who have not
yet been able to discern bet.'cen the
!. real and the taking" cas"S. and some
of the boys feel that they have not
received proper treatment. Mr.. Ruff
corn states that the experiences ci
the regiment on the border have beer
:. sufficient to convince the men that We
are totally unprepared for war.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
Engineer VIM. McCrath
Meets Untimely Death
Thrown from Engine While Train Is Running at Full
Speed.---W Known in This City.

VIM. McGrath, an old time engineer
on the Great Northern was killed We'd
nesday morning about 9:3O while hot
box was being cooled ON train Number
401, while the train was running on
the main line west of Poplar. The
circumstances covering the death are
uncertain as the accident resulting in
the death occurred without being wit
messed by any of the other trainmen.
The first division of Number 4O1
had reached the bridge over Poplar
creek when it was found necessary to
cool hot box on the tender. While
one of the brakemen was attending
to this, it is supposed that McGrath
leaned out from the engine cab over
the apron and in some unknown man.
ner slipped off, fell and striking his
head against the steel uprights of the
bridge, was hurled into the water be-
low. When the body was recovered
it was lifeless and it was found that
the back of the head was crushed in,
one leg broken and an artificial limb
worn by him was also smashed.
Jas. Jeffries, conductor on train 40l
recovered the body and it was placed
on an engine and taken back to Will
lston where it will be inferred. Mr..
McGrath leaves a widow and two chill
dren, as we'll as brother, all resi-
dents of WillIston. The deceased
was well known to all the railroad
men and to nearly everybody along
the line of his run who will hear Of
his unfortunate death with deep re-
gret.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18

Mrs. Tom Pritchard, and Fred Sval-
helm, a six year old boy were burned
to death at the Arndt school house
80 miles north of Hinsdale, located
near Snake Creek, in fire which
started from the explosion of kero-
sene oil stove that destroyed the
building at about one o'clock Sunday
morning. The oil stove was being
used in the vestibule of the school
house for the purpose of heating cof-
fee being served as a part of the
lunch which was then being partaken
of by those who were present. The
occasion of the gathering was dance
given by the neighborhood for the
purpose of purchasing a bell for the
school house which had just been en-
larged and had just been completed.
There were in the neighborhood of
so people at the dance and all had en-
ioyed most pleasant time up until
the fire started. Just before the
accident the stove had burned out and
a member of the party refilled the
tank. 1t was found that the tank
leaked as oil gathered upon the tray
beneath tie burners of the stove but
it was not considered dangerous and
many of those present joked about the
possibilities of a fire being started.
While some of the men were pass
~ nn dan
ing been stopped for the purpose of
serving it, others were preparing the
coffee. Every one was at the time
sitting about the school room with
their relatives and friends thorough
ly enjoying the affair, when the oil in
the tray became ignited. Attention
was directed to this but it was believ-
ed the oil would soon burn out and no
apprehension was felt by any one and
the thought of a possible disaster was
far from anyone's mind Suddenly
there was puff OF flame and it wa:
discovered that -hcre was consider
able more oil leaked out than was
supposed. An attempt was made &C
get the stove out Of the building ?'u'
the flames were so fierce it was im
possible to do so. Then the tank ex'
ploded and a spreading of the blaze
over the whole of the vestibule re
suited. It appeared impossible fol
anyone to pass through but severa
made a dash for the outer door ane
were able to reach the outside withou
suffering very much damage.
A rush was made by everyone fo,
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
MORE EVIDENCE
SHOWS RUSTLING

Deputy Sheriff Jack Teal Gathers Up
Seven Head of Young Cattle.
Further evidence of the doings
which led to the arrest of the Often
strau boys and Chas. Smith, for rustl-
ing cattle developed during the first
of this week when Deputy Sheriff
Jack Teal found a bunch of seven head
of young cattle hobbled and picketed
in a coulee in the hills back of the
Smith ranch. There were six head
which Rev. Miller, who has home
stead about five miles north of Hins-
dale, identified as belonging to him,
and one steer was identified by VIM.
Hall who lives about a mile and a
half north of the Miller ranch.
Since the arrest was made of the
Ottenstrau boys and Smith Sheriff
Powell and his deputies have been
working gathering further evidence
and it is believed that enough has
been secured to prove they have been
illegally gathering up stock from
various places and disposing of them
as their own. In the last instance
Deputy Teal spent several days and
nights looking up information receiv-
ed and following clues which develop
ed into the locating of the seven head
of young cattle This makes total
Of 81 head of cattle that have beer
returned to various owners all OF
which have been taken either from the
Smith ranch or within the neighbor
hood. The last bunch obtained sho"
evidence of having been hobbled anc
: picketed and from their appearance
they had not been given any feed o.
water for several days. 1t would ap
pear that they had been run into tn
coolee and left there to get located
before turned loose.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
KNIFE WIEhpED VI E]4pE E;g uo,n

James Shannon Severely Cut About
the Face.
Barney Hoyde is in Jail charged
with assault and battery as a result
of a quarrel had Wednesday night
with Jas. Shannon in which knife
was welded according to the COM
plant. The trouble appears to have
started early in the evening when
Hoyde accused Shannon with having
purloined a watch from him and caus-
ed his apprehension by the sheriff's
office. Shannon was held at the coun-
ty Jail several hours to allow Hoyde
an opportunity to swear out COM
plant which he failed to do and
Shannon was released.
Later in the evening the two men
met down town and an alteration
started between them. Reports diff
fer as to what followed, but it is sup
posed that they adjourned to an alley
to settle their difference. Shortly
after this Shannon reappeared with
several cuts about the face and made
the charge that he had been assault
ed by Hoyde. Night Marshal Tom
Jerrow and VIM. Dickman searched
the city and finally arrested both men
who were found in hiding.
When taken to the Jail Hoyde was
locked up on the charge of assault and
battery and Shannon was released
Hoyde will have hearing at 200
, o'clock Saturday afternoon.
POPLAR STANDARD SOLD
Linden Johnson has disposed of the
i Poplar Standard to two young mer
from Minnesota who will take ovel
the plant at once. Mr.. johnson viii
give his entire attention in the future
to his big ranch holdings in the north.
! ern part of Sheridan county.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
FREIGHT WRECK ON HIGH LINE

A wreck near Cut Bank when two
big Mallet engines came together ear
ly Thursday morning delayed North
ern Pacific overland train number two
several hours. No one was reported
injured but several freight cars were
demolished and large quantity of
perishable freight scattered over the
surrounding country. A number of
cars of fruit were smashed in the
wreck. All trains over the high line
were forced to abandon their regu-
lar schedule.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
BIG INCREASE IN
REGISTRATION
Valley County Shows 4,121 Vot
ers for Primaries.
NOT MANY WOMEN VOTERS
Less Than One Quarter of Registra
tiOn represented by Women TAX
ing Advantage of Franchise.

Valley county contains 4121 voters
who have registered and will have the
privilege of voting for the candidates
on the various tickets at the primary
election to be held on the 10Th day
of this month. The large increase
of registrations this year over that of
two years ago is to be partially at
tributed to the addition of the names
of the women who are now permitted
to vote and also to the greatly in
creased resident voters who will go to
the polls for the first time in Mon
tana.
At the last general election the
western portion of Valley county, now
contained within Phillips county fur
nshed about one third of the whole
vote of the county. Including that
portion the entire registration was a
little less than 5000 in 1914, so that
the present registration shows an in
crease of very nearly 1000 names and
it can safely be figured that the pre-
sent Valley county increase in voters
has doubled in two years time.
The right of franchise does not ap-
peal as strongly to the women of the
county as was supposed for the figures
showing the number of registrations
by them amount to a scant thousand
voters. Had all the women of the
county registered the list would easily
show close to the 5000 mark. 1t is
true that there are large number OF
men in the county who were either toe
busy or did not think enough of the
Importance of their vote to register
and these would augment the tel,
considerably.
A very noticeable increase is to bt
found in the registration of Nashua
Hinsdale, Vapdalia, Opheim and Bay
lor. These precincts will furnish
nearly one half of the entire vote o1
the county. Glasgow's two precincts
show a registration of 1853 voters
about one third of the total thus leav'
ing very small percentage to bf
polled in the balance of the precincts
of the county. 1t can be estimated
by these figures just where the heavy
voting will be done. Should harvest
ing be in progress to great extent
over the county it is safe to conclude
that the cities along the Great North
| ern will cast Is per cent of the vote:
polled at the primaries. The regis
tration by precincts are as follows:
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
TROUBLE ABOUT LAND

Sheriff "Puck" Powell made trip
to Thoeny Thursday and brought in
Jack Watson against whom COM
plant had been made by VIM. Reagan,
charging him with malicious mischief
Cause for the complaint appear to
have arisen over a dispute about un-
surveyed land and a date for the
hearing will be set Saturday.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
EDITOR MARRIES

Announcement was received at the
Courier office today of the wedding of
Miss Theodore Paulson and Mr.. John
es Of this Office are extended to them
and we congratulate John for having
taken to the right way of living.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18

there will be considerable loss from
the rust and the extreme eastern por-
ton of Montana will show severe dam
age. So far the rust has had but
very little effect upon the Valley coun-
ty wheat and it is likely that all
grains are now too far advanced in
this section to be in any danger of
severe loss.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
WEATHER FORECAST

Unsettled weather with thunder
showers this afternoon or tonight.
East portion Saturday generally fair
cooler extreme east and warmer west
and central portion
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-18
RUFFCORN RETURNS

George Ruffcorn, County Attorney
and Democratic candidate for nom-
ination for reelection, returned from
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Honolulu Stock Exchange

Wednesday, Nov. q
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GREAT NORTHERN
ISBRINGING34O
TO See ISLANDS
Senator PheIan Of California
Aboard: 55 in Party From
|. a. Chamber

/ Just 121 more passengers than land
ed here Friday December 3, 1915, on
her frst-Ca1i al this port in the HH
waiian service. will V ak ashore from
the .Iiiu li~nr Gre Il Northern. when
she docks at L. o'clock Tuesday morn,
ing on tho first call of heF|Selond sea,
sGH-On the. islQnd run.
Fedora. wireless adyices received
today BY the local agency, Fred l..
WnlGron. Ltd. from tie Great Nor
them Pacific offices. in san francisco,
say theliner will have a total OF $40
pass enEers aboard when she steams
from Los Angeles harbor San PedrOt
at O'Clock this afternoon for HilO
and Honolulu. When she called here
December 3 Of last year she brought
only 2I9 asSengeTs in all classes from
the coast. |...'.. .:>
/. TCday,s message to the local agency
says the Les Angeles Chamber of Com
merce party will consist of - persons.
although. the total number leaving
from Southern California Will be close
to 10 The Los Angeles chambers
delegation viii be headed by Presi.
dent John Mitchell.
Phelan of California is also among the
prominent CalifOrnians on board the
palatial turbiner. He has a party of
friends with him.
President L. C.. Gilman of the Great
Northern Pacific Steamship Company,
and Mrs. Gilman are coming; also Ma.
rfne Superintendent ]. 3. Morris of
the line. General Traffic Manager H.
A. Jackson will not be able to come,
but expects to visit Honolulu on a la
ter voyage. j.
A capacity cargo of freight. 2Oo0
tons, is coming on the Great Northern,
which steamed from San Francisco
for Los Angeles harbor at 4ro'clock
yesterday afternoon, according to adj
vices to the Merchants Exchange. The
linersis due to leave Los Angeles har
Dor for Hilo and Honolulu at 5 o'clock
this afternoon. She will reach Hilo at
> o'clock Monday morning and dock
here at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning,
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IPINeS READ
OF PINKHAN'
FAITH IN Them
Governor General Makes Pub
lie Correspondence Received
BY War Department

Natives soi. the Philippine islands are
To be handed through the new sparers
OF Manila. q bouquet from Governor
Pinkham q Hawaii, according TO q let
ter which the governor received in
the last mail from f1veruCr-teGeTaE
Francis b. Harrison.
The gOyelnor-GeiieraI states that he
has given out the Substance pl C9rrs-
.spondance which Governor. Pinkiram
has had With the War Department TO.
the effect that Fiiipinos of Hawaii are
proving: themselves faithful in attend
ance at drills of. the Hawaii National
Guard and showing a high standard OF
excellence. :-<== :. -. -.
Governor Pinkham today declined to
give ont this correspondence with
the War Department but stated that,
its substance is as given above 4
similar letter vas sent to Governor
General Harrison. His answer is as
follows: ><:...>.:.-@. ~ I'LL.
Manila, 0ctober.9, 1916
My Dear Governor Pimkham /
have Just received your note of Sept
i, stating that the Filipinos are join
ing the Nation II Guard of Hawaii in
considerable number, and are prov
ing themselves faithful in attendance
and maintaining a high standard of
excellence in their military drills
Gen. Mcintyre has also sent me
copies of the correspondence between
you and the War Department with ref
erence to this question. am greatly
4 3 g
and have given the substance of the
correspondence to some of the news
papers here as it is matter of gen.
eral interest TO the Filipino people.
With best wishes, | remain,
Very sincerely yours,
FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON