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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
DAILY MAIL SERVICE tn |
THIS COUNTY NEEDE

At its regular monthly business ses-
SIGN and banquet in the Powder River
hotel Monday night, the ISroadus
Chamber of Commere decided to push
proceedings looking toward the estab-
llshment OF daily mail service from
Miles city to BrCadus and interme-
diate points. 1t was argued that suf-
the thrice-a-week service to points in
this county to more than Justify a
daily mail service.
The commercial club voted to dis
continue the banquets and hereafter
VIII mold regular meetings the first
Monday evening of each month at the
community hall, starting at 8 o'clock
AS usual visitors will always be well
come.
A motion was made tc, change the
annual dues for the benefit of those re-
sf'ing outside of Broadus, making the
sum $5 instead of $40 as paid by local
members. In conformity with the by
laws the matters viii he voted upon
at the regular June meeting. The
Chamber of Commerce now has an en-
rollment of 60 members but it is de-
sired to increase this number during
the next year and by extending a
lever membership rate to out-of-toWll
members it is believed the hope will
be realized, Every privilege would be
accorded them as enjoyed by local
OF Commerce is the only organization
in the county working fer the ad-
vancement and DEVELOPMENT of the
county in general, it behooves all pro-
gressive citizens Of the county to get
behind it.
A motion was passed requesting Of
hcials OF the Eastern Montana Tele-
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

phone company to install an excha
Ia broadus by July this year.
.. A. Holt told the C,hamhar ~ ~
merce that Miss May Trumner
superintendent of public instrnct
would extend an official visit to
hleh school in Broadus on NAV IS
A committee consisting of r.
Camplin, M. T. Wiley and A. M T
ian, was named to take charge Of
IdhsementS IOr county wide MD
&c, celebrate the spudding in of tha
Oh Wen within this county. or in n
OH operations are DELAYED. to nr0cl
win arrangements for a picnic MI
the celebration. This affair in all ~
ability will be held as the first ann
event at some lOcaticn in the north1
part OF the county. Assemblage Of {
the organization of a Creamery ~
cation. county baseball league r
other organizations which might
suggested later. OF course thu
would be dancing and band music q
program of sporting events.
Finch and NJ. r. Wiley, was named
orsanlze a baseball club for Broad,
Ihe secretary was authorized to (
DER u dozen hand chemical fire Ell
gulsnefs for disposal to anyone den
ing them. -. r. Finch and III. r, co
were appointed on a committee to
terVleW the county commissioners. i
tuest1ns the installation of a concr(
.ank az the court house fer the pu
emergencies. 1t was estimated ~
this tank would cost under $50 and /
expense would be- bourne by the tow
site fund.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
l'ublished In the Powder River Count ,
ExamlneP by Special Afranoemcnt.

When congress passed the three year
law, requiring a stipulated amount Il
cultivation on all homestead entries
homs.t.ad tanen Snder the general Or the sn'arg
It would be impossible In some cases
these conditions as to cuisivstion. "ad and
law allowing the secretary Of the in
terror to reduce the cul ulttvation re-
quirements in cases where he consid-
pedtent.
When the law first went into effect
there was a disposition en- the part If
cultivation requirements strictly, but
Il has wSenns ns werkps a.e e the law
cases cultivation is not only useless
but actually harmful to the land. and
reduction Is new readily granted in
filed and facts are set forth warrant
ing such reduction.
The application must be made on a
regular blank form approved by the
seearetary sna myt Of tt the interior form 4.oo7
oIIicer having and using q seal. Two
witnesses who have personal knowl-
edge Of the land must also sign the
the local land office. In most cases
an investigation is made by q special
agent before acticn is taken upon the
application for reduction. but In some
cases the records Of the land office
furnish sufficient data to warrant the
granting Of the reduction without fur
thcr investigation.
Unless the. application Is prepared at
the land office where record of the
entry b kept. it is necessary to take
with YOU your notice Of allowance. so
that the correct description, date and
mum ber of the entry can be given It
Is also necessary to state the charac-
ter Of the soil, condition Of the sur
broken. kind and amount of timber.
and altitude above sea level. 1t must
also be shown what improvements are
en- the land. when residence was es-
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
Preference Rights to Oil Leases
TALK NO.
is entitled.

is entitled.
| It is necessary to exercise this pref
erencs n, right within any specified
a;.n,s. lh;nsth OF time In order to preserve the
permit on the land. in which case
the preference right claimant is al
lc,wnd thirty days in which to file his
rails to do SO the permit Wilt be is
sued to the other applicant and his
preference right will be forever lost.
-, An entryman who has preference
right under Section 20 need not drill
the land himself. but he may obtain a
permit and then arrange with any
person or firm he may choose to DO
IN one drllllns necessary to discover the
OIL. Hemay. In fact. enter into a drill
lnE contract before appl ying for a per-
mt, ana II he chooses. he may file a
copy OF such contract with his appli-
ablnty to carry out the provisions Of
the permit. The department does NOT
expect the surface entryman to buy
rig and drill an oil we'll with his
own money unless he chooses to do so,
The fees charged by the land Of
nee Tor the filing of an appl ication for
prospecting permit are 81 each 100
acres or fraction thereof. but in no
one permit. In cases where several
preference right claimants hold lands
Mlahln one township. or within six
oidings ] !nS nnS tIe fhes may siy. sembne their
for not to exceed 1850 acres. The ad-
vantage of Sc doing is that a certain
amount OF labor is required under
each permit. whether it covers a forty
acre tract or four sections. and If each
claimant secures separate permit,
each Will have to comply fully with
all the terms Of the permit, while if
several combine their holdings they
can share in the expenses of testing
the land, which is quite AN item and
Well worth considering.
Whileno other permit will be issued
covering land which is located within
the geologic structure of a producinw
oil field. a preference right prCspect- :
in" permit will be issued in a produc-
ing field. providing that no oil has
been discovered on the land for which
the permit is issued
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SHORT TALKS ON THE PUBLIC LAND MATTERS
By COLA W. SHEPARD, United States Commissioner
Reduction i'm Cultivation
TALK NO.


man mas been absent number Of acres
which have been cultivated each year,
20 aasetner with the kind Of crop plant
conditions which render cultivation
impractical must be fully set forth.
and the application must state how
many acres Gan be cultivated each
II possible. this application should
oe Med during the first year Of the
entry, but 1T may be filed at any time
p'ioa+ prior to proof. M In some cases the ap.
and the final proof is not acted UPON
by the register and receiver until af-
ter the secretary has passed upon the
application for reduction.
There is no fee tc be paid to the
land office In connection with an ap-
plication for reduction. but it is US
uaiiy necessary to have the applica-
t,on thnnc,l. prepared l.rs,Ea by some person who
departmental rulings. and who can
properly set forth the facts. The per-
son who prepared the application may
fhharss fhsrs aoss whatexer tet fee he sees fit. and
charge $3.50 for making ana s execntiny etnls
these applications. Others charge as
for IS or less.
eases where the land and the climate
arect;ae1 are sueh as a. to make cultivation i'm
plaa.n.. Inc secretary Will alter the
where the entryman failed to cul.i-
vate the required amount during any
specified year of the entry, as. for
instance. If the entry1nan should cul-
tivate one-sixteenth Of the area .f his
entry during the second year of the
entry. but fail to cultivate one-eighth
during the third year. then should
year of the entry. he has not com
piled with the law. because ne fail I'd
to cultivate one-eighth during the
second year. But If he make applica-
ton for reduction of cultivation on
the form above mentioned. the secre-
tary will reduce the requirements IN
his case SO that he can submit an ac-
ceptable prof, for 1t is plain that he
cannot go back and do the necessary
cultivation during the year which has
passed.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
MRS. THANKFUL RICE
GOES TO LAST REWARD

Mrs. Thankful Rice died Thursday
night, April ss. at the home Of her
and interment was held IN Valley View
noon. F. +. Ball officiating in the alb
sence Ct Rev. H. X. Waters.
Mrs. Rice was widow, 81 years Of
age. and had been active and in fair
y good health until the day before
complications due to the infrmities Of
old age.
Mrs. Rice and her SON for thirty
years were residents Ct California and
came to this country seven years ago.
Besides her son she leaves many
friends to mourn her departure.
At the funeral services conducted at
an appropriate vocal solo. Among his
words Of consol alton spoken at the
services Mr.. BAH said. "There 10 an
old saying that while the young may
die the. old must die. but I believe. q
young do die, the old. may die" Mrs.
Rice was effiliated With the Christian
cepts OF . christian life.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
SCOF|E[D MAKES TALK
ON RECENT LEGISLATURE

leash BY dog chains attached to copper
collars and who have betrayed tn,
trust reposted in them BY the cvel
why many Of the needed laws failed
OF being enacted. and who was re-
tefEinsi6le teefi xa,, Tor s this failure. Well win
Seusss sot there az wond naS Sasn upon tn
upon the statute books ali the neces.
sary legislation needed; in fact, W.
Sea Ser. put whd 1t co,,.I over for We had 81 mem
vote for all progressive and ccnstruc-
tive measures and when any import.
ar' OF tba b.n faifbsu Sams Up: ws called caucu.
Journed. and thoroughly discussed the
matter and decided what We would dc
Whsn the question came up for a vote
IN the house. And we did 1t, but when
majority was against all administra.
tive measures no matter how beneficia1
tney a1.y were. Many of these bills were
ehanr. ei.ner detsated s, % or so amended as se
thus rendered them worthless. Sew
eral bills came back to the house SC
amended that we had ia kill them by
n.y. ,,,a,,t cohcorr1hg IN the senate amend
At the regular session the tax COM
MISSION Dill incurred the special en-
ry persona al tine anets Interests and governor
7th by Representative Bergeson of
Hntotead catorsd county. and after having been
passed and sent to the senate on Feb
ruary 18th where it rested until Ma rsh
Srd when it was killed.
- me OIL making all pipe lines COM
senate by Senator Heron of Custer
county and during it's passage through
that body had a joker inserted in It.
unsa Just ;a.s, a small paragraph that made it
Ar.lf iNpA tl~S
discovered In the house when it con-
Cured In the bill but was found Nv
Inc his governor when it came to him fer
reyuiag sassien aftrb the close of the
pened to the blue sky law and also
the Inheritance tax law. all Of which
me tne governor promptly vetoed as he
ment which the senate had amended
Tor the purpose Of forcing the goyer-
nor to veto it.
The house passed a bill taxing the
gross VaIue; the senate reduced this
TO per cent. The house refused to
concur 9 ifss IN the amendment and three
appointed by the house and senate.
Two of them failed to reach an agree
ment and the third committee appoint
sd by the hcuse (of which l was a
memDerl agreed to the senate amend
ment only when it was found that we
mad to accept l per cent or nothing.
the senate committee being decidedly
atsa inst any tax. The governor after
the close of the regular session signed
1mis @ eili so AS tc' get some revenue
out or the oil ii no better bill could
be passed.
AS to the special session I will saw
that 1t was absolutely necessary in or
ner u 70 correct defects in u number o.
Dill IL that had been passed and tc, en-
act some rev legislation that was
rendered impera:ively necessary by
the condition OF the affairs OF state.
The whole question at the regular
problem as to the equitable distribu-
ton CT taxation. The governor and a
great majority of the house believing
nat an undue proportion of the tax
burdens is being bourne by the farms,
the homes and the varied industries
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
ROY SCOUT NEWS

The Scouts will meet at the school
house in Hroadus Friday night at
1890 o'clock.
The regular progrm will he followed
by Warding the Scout AK to the win-
ner of the tenderfoot contest. \ num-
Der of Scouts will take the cath and
b" raised to the tenderfoot class.
The boxing gloves. donated by the
Examiner arrived Monday and will be
redy for use Friday night
Scoutmaster Waters has ordered -
pup tents which will cost S225 each
and to defray this expense it is pro-
posed to raise subscriptions in Broad =
us. Mrs. G. a. Trautman has already
agreed to render financial assistance.
At 1000 p. m sharp next Friday
night. those who can are invited to
participate IN an overnight camping
expedition.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
WILEY RESIGNS As
JUSTICE OF pEACn

NJ L. Wiley, who has officiated ,s
justice OF the peace for Broadus town
snip since last fall, this week rendered
ms resignation to the board of county
commissioners. W. +. Waite was an.
pointed to fill the vacancy.
At previous meeting Of the board
". I. Waite was appointed Justice of
prev;sian rre pface &c OF Broadus township. an
Waite never qualified and at the nrs..
ent session the commissioner rean.
RHaatea pom ta,,l him: He never qua!ified At
ten1ions ;.o nov now Of qualifying.
with Waite meeting the legal re.
quirements for the office, 6roadns
ttownship Is stil minus one justice oc
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
POWDER RIVER HOTEL ARRIVALS

II. d. Baker. Moorhead: Rev. FIR.
Ghas. Cha, Rs,nauain. H. A.: Leduc, Ash
iand: Bill Flanery. Volherc: John
Hudson. +. Mathers. w. r. Hgcn. Car
ter Smell. +. L. Nutting. H. II. bright,
Miles City: Henry Taylor, NJ. n. Ed
wards: Asa !. Rice. Epsie: \. W. BO-
dine. I4vingstOn: T. w. Wahl. Detroit:
c. f. Holder. l. o: John Brock. Sell
way; A. de Gocyer. Selway: q. w.
Dandrow, Alzada: f. T. Blake Rock
ford: III; A. j. Hildebrand Broadus;
Z. A. Runnels. st. Paul: DR.. j. W.
Cretg, Pintele: James Duncan and
wire. Btddle: Gene Michaels, Frank r.
Jim Harris. Coalwood; Mrs. c. NJ
Harris. Crawford. Neb.; H. B. Hazard,
4oorhead; George Thoet; I. c. Ses-
1ngs; 3. o. Buchanan, Belle Fourche; !;
4 I. Pitiuga, Minneapolis: Mrs. Geo.
McCoy: ThSrmopolis: 8. Walker, w. b.
=. D.: l.. Peterson. Mitchell, 5. d.:
Fred Moore. Monticello. Ind.
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WOMAN COMMITTED TO
WARM SPRINGS SANlrAR1ura1

S Chafies Payne. resident OF thd
Stacey country, took his wife to MiIed
Clt! week ago for medical atten1
tlon physicians there We're ef Inc
neneI she was suffering mental De-
eass ana she was taken before Judua
>. y. Mekinnon. The information had
psen flled by County Attorney r. Il.
layes OF custer county and the pro-
Ihe court discovered Mrs. Payne WAS
a resident of Powder River county.
Ihder the circumstances, rather than
long road to Broadus. officials of this
county consented to the action of Cus-
ter county and commitment was order
ed TO the Warm Springs SANTA rillm.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
HOMESTs ADER GETS busy TO
PROTECT HIS OIL RIGHTS

Art Deranleau made a trip tc Broad
us last Tuesday for the purpose If
hling an oil permit on his homestead
on Box Elder says the Piniele Leader
Art was notified from Washington. D.
T.. that he had valuable oil right
and that certain parties had already
MED a permit on the land. lie was
informed that he had the preference
right II action was taken within Is
days after receiving the notice.
This is the first case of the kind
IN this section since the oil excitement
started: says the Leader, but several
9thers nave received like notices since.
Registered letters are coming in from
the land office on every mail and it is
believed that there will be more eases
81 the same nature in the future
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06

Hon: John L.. Scofield. representative
from Powder River county to the les.
Der OF Commerce Monday nisht. toIt
Of the work done by the recent regu.
lar and special sessions Of that law.
ma, making body. He spoke in full al
Mr.. Chairman and Members of the
BrOadus Chamber Ct Commerce: / am
much pleased to have the privilege OF
viii eRdeavor to the best Of my abil.
ity to give You few facts regarding
the work done and attempted to BE-
regular and special sessions which
had the honor Of attending as the rep
resentative Of Powder River county.
lam am proud to be able to say las a
that l was enc Of the faithful 81 IN
the house who stood by the governor
IN IN, MS efforts to secure justice, and
aaaf an pay ,hyr Tor The the farmers. stockmen
state. and compel the special interests
sucn as metallifercu ana coal mines,
Oh s wells. power and railroad compa-
and thus lift the burden from the over
taxed farm lands. and l assure you
that my colleague. the Hon. Senator
these efforts and that he was one of
the loyal 22 in the senate who (as the
roll calls will shOw) voted for every
economical and constructive measure
The 20 in the senate and the 6l N
the house We're progressive body 1T
men VINO had the welfare and best in
terests of the state Of Montana at
heart.
When we went to Helena we thought
or at least l believe that great ma
jortty Ct US did, that we would have
; clear sailing and that We would all
our state from the disgraceful con H.
tion III which We found it's public at
fairs.
Little did we anticipate that the spe-
cial interests aided and assisted by the
coterte OF disgrunued politicians,
would prove more powerful and con-
ttroliing factor than patriotism. love
Montana, or fidelity to the principles
Of the Republican party, but gentle
men. / am sorry to have to say that
both the house % and senate irwin q viii not OF
call them honorable members fer their
actions were not honorable) who block
ed the wheels Of progress and reform
by opposing every important measure
advocated by our governor, measures
which II enacted into law and the laws
,nsr snforcsda would have i1 placed our state
van as the best. most prosperous and
progressive state in this great Ameri-
can union.
Both branches Of the legislature
were overwhelmingly Republican. The
senate stood 40 Republicans, Is Demo-
Gratis and one NOnpartisan. and the
house stood % Republicans, 3 Demo-
Gratis and one Independent, but it took
US some time after we got to work
to find out just how we were lined up
1t took a good part of the regular
session to do this as a number who
were with US at the start were after
wards won over by the special inter-
ests, and ! knew that Senator Jensen
will corroborate my statements when
I say that the same holds good in re-
gard to the senate and l will here say
that it is the duty OF the electors Of
the state see o it ha two years
hence cnly good loyal men are elected
the legislature OF those who during
the present session have been held in
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
P"hlished In the Powder River Count,
Examiner by Special .Arranxement.

since the passage of the mineral
leasing law last February there have
oeen great many guesses as to what
ITS provisions meant. and many points
are yet undecided by the land depart
ment. However. there have been def
mite rulings made on d number ut
points. some of which are here ex-
planned.
Section 10 of the act provides fer a
preference right to those who held
went into effect, and will be discussed
in a future talk. Section 20 Of the act
gives Il preference right to certain
areas. The department has ruled pSs.
itively that stock-raising mestea,l
entry does not give the entryman any
preference right under this act.
To give the entryman preference
have been made before February 25.
1920, for lands which We're not with
drawn or classified as oil lands. and
the entryman must have later filed
en-. the land. If the entry. was made
subject to reservation Of the oil or
gas. then no preference right exists
In the first interpretations Of this law
the department held that the prefer.
ence righ did not exist until patent
was issued, but broader construc-
tion is now placed en- this section. and
the preference right is held TO exist
as soon as the waiver Of the oil and
gas is filed. whether Il patent has is
sued or not.
In cases where a patent has issued
for the surface, with Il reservation OF
the present owner has a preference
right, provided he acquired the land
prior to January l. 1919. but il the
land has been sold since January l,
1919. nobody has a preference right
to q permit.
The preference right claimant must
be qualified to take a permit under
the law the same as anybody else. H.,
must be IA citizen of the United
States and must not be holding the
limit Of permits to which one person
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
5,7Ss SEED LOANS TO
MONTANA FARMERS

Secretary Of Agriculture Henry c,
Wallace made a report this week to
Congressman Carl W. Riddick show.
Ing how the federal seed loan is ba-
ing distributed. Applications have al
ready been favorably passed upon for
4,7S5 Montana farmers, and loans have
already been made these farmers to-
tiag ttiaiing tSso;00W Additional applica.
It IL planned tc loan $1.000O,0 200 among
montana farmers for the purchase OF
seed; The $4,000. 900 federal seed loan
1und la being distributed in North Da-
kota. Washington. Idaho and Montana
and half OF all the money loaned will
go tc Montana.
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SHERIDAN COUNTY WOULD BUIll
PERMANENT ROADS TO THIS 6x

On May 10, Wyming will vote .
the Issuance of $1.SOO,OOO in ros
bends Sheridan county's proportic
OF inns sum would Ike 100000. Nearl
$4,000 would be expended on roai
east Ct Sheridan, including the Pow
DER river road. the one leading
tassalc and on Lower Prairie Do
ed in the right direction--towar Pow
der River county.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
I3I SECTIONS CLASSIFIED
UNDER THE NEW CONTR ACT

Having started work April l on a
contract to classify and appraise 20
townships in the northern part Of the
county, Fl. K. Doane by this week COM
pleted 1876 sections CT nearly four
townships. leaving 16 townships or
5S4 sections to complete before the
first of the year.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-06
WILEY LETS CONTRACT FOR
NEW BUILDING IN BRO AM

M. T. Wiley, manager of the Pew
ger 1 River Abstract company. this weel
~. t q contract to t. e. Nalley for tn
construction OF frame building n
Broadus. size % by 3S feet. whicj
VIII be used as a combined office an'
residence. The location is just east q
the Peterson building. Excavation 70
the basement is now in prorress will
the work being done by 3. Gain.