The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-08-08
10. The other county offices Of VAL

IL. A particular matter regarding
the CONDUCT Of one H. H. Beebe, dep
uty sheriff, has been brought to the
attention of the grand jury, and from
such reports and evidence as was CIV
en- to the grand jury, they consider
the matter serious and important
enough to make a particular report
thereon. 1t was impossible for US to
obtain evidence of such nature as war;
ranted return of a true bill against
said H. H. Beebe, but we are salts
fled that he wilfully and promiscuous-
~ charged exorbitant and illegal fees
for services rendered. Evidence was
presented before the grand jury in
which he is said to have stated that
ne never renders services for less than
ten dollars. He does not attempt to
charge mileage in such cases where
the law provides for the payment of
mileage, but charges what he believes
to be compensation to him for SER
vices rendered.
II. A particular matter was
brought to the attention of the grand
jury upon which it feels that a special
report should be made. The facts are
that during the year 1918 Harry j.
Adams was drafted into military SER
vice of the United States and serving
his country in war. Prior to enter
ing the service he had given the Pr
oneer State Bank of Glentana a mort
gage IN the sum of lightweight and
2o-lOO dollars upon a crop he had
growing, and further he had borrowed
the sum of two hundred and forty-nine
and 95-1OO dollars from the State
Council of Defense for the purpose of
purchasing seed grain. Harry J. Ad-
ans was the only support of his moth
er, Margaret Adams, who at all times
and is a frail and sickly woman.
The crop which Harry J. Adams had
planted was harvested through the
management of his mother, Margaret
Adams, and was threshed and stored
in a building upo nsaid land. From
the best evidence we are able to OBJ
tain, the crop consisted of one hun
dred bushels of oats and not less than
two hundred forty bushels of wheat.
Notwithstanding the fact hat Harry
j. Adams was in the military service,
and Notwithstanding the fact that the
of Montana in extraordin-
airy session during the year 1918, pass
ed an act for the purpose of protect
ing the men of Montana who might
be serving their country in war and
offering their lives for their country.
and to prohibit the foreclosure of mort
cages during their term of military
service which they might have given
prior to the passage of the act, and
to prevent the taking of property un-
der a clause in any mortgage covering
such property, whereby the said mort
gage is given a right to sell the same,
the said Pioneer State Bank, through
the instrumentality of w. R. Jarvis,
vice president of the said bank, and
in conjunction with and by the assist
ance OF Peter Peterson, who was then
member OF the county council of de-
tense OF Valley county, and sworn to
protect the men who were serving our
country in war, and under the direction
o FIJI. H. Beebe, in his capacity as dep
uty sheriff, went in and upon the
premises of Harry j. Adams, broke
open the building, took the windows
out of said building, and pursuant to
said mortgage which the said Pioneer
State Bank had, took and transferred
the wheat and oats stored in said
building as aforesaid, and stored it up
on the premises of one AL Schmidt,
residing a short distance from his
premises. That even though it might
have been lawful for the said Pioneer
State Bank and H. H. Beebe, deputy
sheriff, to take the grain aforesaid
pursuant to the mortgage thereon, yet
they did not even comply with the
law governing the foreclosure of mort
cages or the disposition of property
Hereunder. Instead of selling the
wheat and oats as they were required
to do by law, they stored the same
upon the premises of AL Schmidt and
left it there until sometime after Jan
first, it being a period of sew
eral months after the wheat was ia
ken from the possession of Harry j.
Adams as aforesaid. That the oats
remained upon the premises of Al
Schmidt until sometime in the spring
OF 1919, at least six months after it
was taken from the mortgagor, and
said All Schmidt advised that the oats
was used for seeding on premises own
ed by w. K. Jarvis, and that said oats
never had been sold. That although
ten months have elapsed since the
of said wheat and oats as afore-
said, no account has ever been made to
Harry J. Adams, or his agent, as to
the amount realized upon the wheat
and oats so taken as aforesaid, and
that the parties involved have refused
to give him any account.
We might say for the benefit of
Peter Peterson, if he wishes to take
any benefit from this action and this
report, that he assisted H. H. Beebe
in taking the wheat and oats afore-
said for the protection Of the state
of Montana in it's lien which it had
upon said grain for money advanced
Harry j. Adams for the purchase of
seed from which the wheat and oats in
question was grown. The value of
the wheat and oats was considerably
greater than the amount of mortgage
of the Pioneer State Bank and the
claim which the state had against said
wheat, and that if the transaction had
been handled pursuant to law, a con-
siderable balance would have remain
ed which belongs to Harry j. Adams.
Notwithstanding this fact, the entire
claim which the state of Montana has
against Harry j. Adams has not been
paid.
We wish to call the attention of the
this particular incident for the reason
citizens of Valley county, oMntana, to
that here was a man, Harry j. Adams,
who stood ready to make the supreme
sacrifice and even that of giving his
life for his country, while there re-
manned at home those we have men,
toned, and whom we consider have vi
Olated every consideration of humanity