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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
MRS. HAZEL G. HEATON
TO TEACH IN BROADus

trict No. 79 at special meeting in
BrOadus Saturday afternoon. elected
Mrs. Hazel c. Heaton as principal Of
the BrOadus grammar school for the
charge of the upper grades.
Two other teachers have previousl v
been appointed for the Broadus school.
Miss Ethel Summers. coming from Elk :
alaka. will have charge Ct the primary
grades and Miss Bernfce Peasley, who
taught the Sand Creek school the past
year. will teach the intermediate grades
here. 1t Is believed the Broadus school
enrolment next year will even exceed
that Of the past year with an attend
ance of sixty pupils.
The Sand Creek school teacher has
not yet been designated. neither have
the two instructors for the high school
been named.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
COALWOOD

The first meeting of the 500 Club
was held at +. ". Vierters Wednesday
ess woas IT, simply ss ppS,tng iax il i Mia Proc
gressive 500 was the game frcm > till
/. after which dee-licious luncheon
was served. Mrs. Earl Wilson. aided
psrnsr by ss essat sarsa Of rst saSS prize ns
Mrs. Bert Garris was second. We won't
mention names Of the other prize win
nsrs Those present were ars
ris. McCurdy. Lawson and Petersen.
Oh, yes! and their husbands.
The Coalwood community hal is as
sured. An enthusiastic meeting was
held, the possibilities of said hall We're
discussed pro and con. and 1t was
unanimously agreed to go ahead. Judge
J. NJ. Allen was elected chairman OF
the club. The club is tc' incorporate
is necessary to build the hall. Already
over $500 has been pledged in cash
The hall is to be 40 by 80 feet. though
the. main floor will be but 80 by 60
feet. Work starts this week so Wen
have the floor at least ready for the
big celebration. The proposed site is
either on the s,;a corner ner Ct Main xaSns and
Memorial day was observed by the
Coalwood people at the Murray school
house. In spite CT the gloomy day Il
teous picnic dinner We enjoyed a splen-
did program Of songs ani readings
Mrs. A. $. Her assisted by Mrs. Niertel
and Mrs. Vandever. prepared the pro-
gram. Following that was a three.
inning ball game between the ladies
and the men, resulting in a score of IL
tc, in favor of the ladies. Special
features Of the game were the two
home runs by Miss Kelsey of the Di'
vide school. the rotten playing OF Will
SON on third base and the square UNI
piring of McCurdy.
Our baseball team is as full of pei
| as ever and rarin' to &C again. keor'
| ganized several weeks ago but there
| hasn't been many good days to pia!
| so have only had two real games 81
| far But we're not kicking about thu
moisture. Let it come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn IriCn. Miss stead
| man and friends from Idaho and Geo
Irion were entertained by Mrs. A. Il
Murray Friday afternoon.
| Rev. John Duncan is on the Slci
list with a bad combination of poisoi
| ivy and neuralgia.
! Little George Arthur Allen is yer!
| sick with kidney trouble.
! Mrs. Percy Bird returned Sunday al
ter a weeks visit with her mother u
Miles City.
Mrs. Fay Allen is visiting her par
ents in Bozeman.
The Divide school closed Tuesday
and Miss Kelsey leaves for Miles Cit
to attend summer school.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
VALUABLE VIOLIN
TOTALLY WRECKED

A 40O-year-old violin, owned by Mel
Miller. musical composer Of East Fork.
this county. was totally demolished
when saddle horse Miller was rid
ing tripped with him and in falling
crushed the instrument beyond repair.
This violin had been in Mill er's possess
sion forty-one years and it had a su.
perb tcne. He had refused an offer of
Sl.50O for It. Miller knew that the in
str1ment had age behind it but it's
pedigree was unknown until after the
accident. On one of the thin strips of
rare wood that made up the violin's
Germ a date of 1T" with the two fig
ures following blurred.
Miller was coming to Broadus to
take his place in the six-piece orches-
ira for the Masons dance. He had
ridden horseback the 25 miles from
East Fork and was near his destina-
ton short distance frem Powder
river when his horse trigped over, a
himself escaped uninjured his violin
got crushed in the impact. He tenderly
gathered up the remains Of his violin
and felt the bereavement as keenly as
though some beloved relative had been
lost tc' him. Later he borrowed an
other violin from D. R. Finch ana
took his place in the orchestra.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
NEARLY EVERYBODY
PLAYS BASE BALL

In a tWo-game series of baseball
played in BrOadus on Sunday and Me-
mortal day, nearly every man in town
and nearby points took part in the
games in their capacities as players CIR
officials. Especially was this true of
the fellows who had ever played the
game in past years.
In game on Sunday the score was
: to 3. Two brothers, Carl and Clar-
ence Russell did the twirling stunt for
their respective teams. and two other
brothers. Glen and Guy Nash were at
the receiving end.
The Monday game ended in score
of s to 23. "Step' Holt started as
pitcher and after retiring two men.
he was pounded out of the box with
a total of seven runs. II. II. Cock re-
lieved him and kept the score down
more evenly. Wiley was pitcher OH
the winning team and went the nine
inning route. The Nash brothers again
played positions behind the bat.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
PINIELE MAN IS FINED
FOR PEDDLING BOOZE

Tcm McCrory of Piniele. Mont. who
entered plea of guilty to transport
ing liquor. was tried in district court
at Belle Fourche, $. d., and given a
fine is not paid. the Jail sentence is to
be extended l25 days. McCrery start
ed at once on his jail sentence.
McCrory is one of the riders who ap~
peared at tnu Broadus Roundup last
fall.
In the =. - Fourche district court,
DR.. H. .. Clark OF Newell was found
guilty ef manslaughter for a criminal
operation said to have been performed
upon a young woman resulting in het
death.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
RAINFALL FOR MAY
NEARLY TWO INCHES

According to data complied by A. W.
he1del. local weather observer, 1.79
inches Of rain fell in this vicinity dur
ing the month Of May. The precipita-
tion on the last day Of the month was
~ OF an inch. Rain fell en- nine days
which only traces of rain were record
ed. There were only seven clear days
during the month. the rest being
cloudy or rainy. The prevailing direc-
tion of the wind was both from the
southeast and northwest. The minimum
temperature for the month was 29 de-
grees on the 1st and the maximum was
S6 degrees on the 22nd.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
NBSAROkEF: OIL COMPANY TO
DEVELOP \. y. Oh. PROPERTIES

The Absarokee Oil Development COM
pany which will develop the Northern
Pacific railroads immense holding on
oil structures of Montana. opened
ago with Vice President W. J. Broder
in charge. George T. Slade 10 presi.
dent of the company; Howard Elliott,
Donneny and j. W. II. Crawford. all
prominently identified with the North
ern Pacific, as directors.
The Northern Pacific railroad owns
many thousands of acres of land in the
northern portion of this county defined
as lying within the Coalwood struc.
ture.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
TO STORE WOOL AND
WAIT FOR MARKET

In the face of a depressed wool mar
Ct this district will ship their feeces
to recognized store houses and wait
for a favorable market before sell ing
Southern feeces recently sold brought
II cents a pound.
Landing is virtually completed here.
abouts. With weather conditions IA.
vorable the increase has averaged 1OC
per cent Approximately 10000 sheer
are ranging in this district.
Shearing work will soon be under
way with prevailing prices to be pait
at 10 cents a head against II cents d
head last year.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
SERIOUSLY INJURED
WHEN HORSE FALLS

Arthur, the 17-year-old son Of Mr..
selway. postoffice, sustained a ccneus-
sion of the brain last sunday az the
result of a bad fall from his saddle
i1orse and at the time it was thought
made two professional trips from
Broadus to attend him and on the oc-
casion Of his last visit on Monday pro-
he had yet failed to- regain conscious
ness. Young Schwind was precipftated
to the ground when his horse tripped
his head.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
OLIVE

Mrs. Henriette Jorgensen went to
Miles City last week on shopping ex-
Gaylord Wells. George Irion. Glen
Irion and wife. Sam Dorr. Clark Nett
to go to work. They viii start Tor
billie Tsompson went to the 8 L..
taking back some work horses that
he broke for the Allen brothers
week and no ~ns 70 saw ctX him
happy. Let US in on it. George.
-, Dan. Marie: louise s;s and Agnes Gil Giil-
doc Meddieton and family are leav-
ing the anS Sam Nh Hudson som PLACE; sa,an ,.va
moved to the Hen. Miles Brown place
on Powder river for the summer.
Mrs. Leihy and Papa Shy went to
Miles City on business.
Sunday for Miss Reeda Harris. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Harris. Quite
IA number OF the neighbors We're pres
Mike Gilmore and niece Agnes from
Olive We're transacting business in
ccalwood the M,p past ,,s week; H.rr,s ur ana
Lew LaRivier, Clark Mettlin and Carl
lricn all spent the day at the Gilmore
viii give Bill the credit for betting
the best player. The day was clOseu
with s1, s" violin sslo by Lew 1.aRiyisr.
the home OF Bil Thompson.
Papa" Shy Is little sick this week.
We all hope that he will be better the
Quite a few in this vicinity have
leased their ranches for oil. Here's
Mrs. Harris. mother of Jim Harris,
has returned to her hCme in Ne.
| braska.
Miss Agnes Thompson was looking
made an over jump and into the creek
sam Dorr went to Broadus this
| week on business.
| Gilmore visited school last week:
talph IriOn and Miss Nellie Johnson
We're married last Sunday at the home
OF Mr. ana Mrs fcr '9hn nm lraom ranh ana nra asrs
| Ralph is working this summer. Nc
| enc got the chance to charavari them
but Wen get them later.
| Dan Gilmore went after horses on
| Cache creek.
! Jorgensen brothers are working Oh
GAYLORD Wells was breaking bronks
Lewis Monroe brought his wife and
twelve-pound boy home the first. OF
the we week The MI,. younEstsr Est arrived okas
|
Al Waltz reports 100 per cent cali
| crop this spring.
| Several CT the cowboys have gone
to the horse roundup down near the
| l. o ON the Mizpah.
Ten thousand acres of the finest OF
land in the country ready for lease
to the right parties. extending from
Olive east ii parallels the Anna May
ION company. but lies in South.
| Il. J. Stanley finished putting in hi:
| corn between showers the first OF thu
| week.
Rain, rain! Where are the pessi
mists now. Suppose We are going t.
drown out next, but we'll risk it.
Edmund GroOms is staying at Oiv'
| while Lee ROwsey takes an inspector
trip through Canada in search Of ;
location.
MIR. and Mrs. Brown and famii!
spent Saturday evening at Lee Row
seys and Mr.. Brown and daughter pro
vlded entertainment with music ant
The cut-worms are bothering tn
early gardens quite badly in this vi
entity.
George Grcoms and family and Geo
E.ock took dinner with Mrs. GeVta =
hule last sunday.
Boast your town,
Boast your state.
nnost vOur country. too.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
ROY ESTES MARRIES
MISS LUCY MALLEY

Roy Estes and Miss Lucy Maliey
were united in the holy bonds of mat
rmony at the Powder I6ver hotel
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. II. X. Waters
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. praine
stood up with the happy couple.
The groom is Il prosperous young
rancher CT Little Powder river ana
his bride is the winsome daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Maliey OF Ridge.
The newlyweds vii. 1aken up house,
keeping on the groom's ranch. Their
many friends extend the best Of wishes.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
JUNE II DATE FOR
HOME CREEK PICNIC

The annual picnic for settlers in the
western part OF the county will be
urday, June II. This is an event look
ed forward to by residents Of both
Powder River and Rosebud counties
other points. The day is given over
to lunching and sporting events, such
as foot racing. horse racing and ria
ing exhibitions. Last year over one
hundred vehicles We're parked around
the grounds.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
"STATE HAIL INSURANCE"
Notice to the Farnaers Of Powder River
County.

Those who wish to avail themselves
Of the opportunity to protect their
growing crops against loss by hall,
which occurs quite frequently in this
country, may dc SO by applying for
by mail. Those wishing blanks will be
supplied promptly upon request.
At the time the Field Deputies start
ed their canvas Of their respective dis
tricts. we had not received the Appli-
cation Blanks, therefore this office
was not in position to supply the
required ihforrnat tion or blanks
J. ID. WILLIAMS,
jn3-24 Assessor.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
TALKING MAIL ROUTE
BIDDLE TO BAY HORSE

There Ia some talk of mail route
which if projected about twenty miles
from Bddle to Bay Horse, would ac-
cOmmOdate some 20 families along
the road and would place the Bay
Hcrse country In closer communication
with the county seat at RrOadus and
other Montana points. The Bay Horse
country is now served by a star route
out of Gillette, Wyo. Eay Horse is 40
miles frCm Eroadus and IS miles from
Gillette.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03
CHURCH NEWS

At a special meeting of the sunday
Edna West was unanimously elected
superintendent to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of F. f. Ball
SATURDAY.. June 25th. will be a big
day for Broadus Community church
The first annual church and Sunday
school picnic will be held at a place
to be named later. Committees will
soon be at work and all together We
expect a general holiday and good
time. Neighbcring communities are
invited to attend. Further announce
ments later in the Examiner.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03

by the farmer at a slack time OF the
season without the aid Of any skilled
labor.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03

What is your idea OF heaven? Tht
minister's topic for next sunday even
friends. Let's get the ''go-to-church'
habit.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03

Venizelos is in Nice. Some thought
he was in bad.--Ex.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-03

Boast your town,
Boast your state,
BOOST your cCuntry.tOO:
Boost for the red. white and blue.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
TOUCHDOWN IS
VICTORY MARGIN
ITHACA FORCES ALMA 10 TAI
TIE HARD To VIZ GAME
PLAYED ~ TIE MUD.

Patterson's ability 10 wrap hn
arms AROUND fumblcd BAN behind
the Ithaca goal lire Tuesday afleg
noon spelled the difference between
"a tic game with the Alma rivals aia
q win, as it was only 10y his Qwef
recovery o. the fmbled pigskin that
gave Alma the counter that broue't
home the game
Patterson was practically opt off
the play. having been hit and lpo eoa
to the ground behind tho goal ~
Elias smashed the ithaca line u an
attempt to get the t~o yards needed
for touchdown. Elias fumnled tac
bail. which dropped behind thr goal
line. The Alma end reached ONT, ana
wrapped his arms around Tao OVAL
and as after events proved wan tnc
fray Cor his team. liias tailed as
inches 40 kick the goal.
The Ithaca team, lighter constc
ably than Alma. pat ur -r.eaiul
battle for IN, honors, although most
of the play was i'm hel teutotN nd
had Il not been for the om,What
fukish touchdown. would have played
Alma'- aggregation 10 uc i~
fight displayed by tine visitors vas
highly commcndabio 7, wa tho
more commemorate u that toc
itors were not penaiizod during tine
entire game.
1t seemed that the hima team was
not up to it's usual form, or else the
mud and the Ithaca team proved too
pulling for the locals Interference
was seldom seen, and at some Stages
If the game there was am oyer-abund-
ance Of rag chewing, which took lime
and interfcrcd with the teamwork
Practically al Of the battle was
played IN Ithaca territory. although
two or three times the visitors naE-
aged to carry the bail into the Alma
territory They never got close
enough to the goal, however, To real
/ ~ threaten to put over counter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
C0iiege Reserves
Dorm High School


Friday afternoon the Alma College
rescryes defeated the Alma high foot
ball aggregation by score Of ~ 70
o. Bailey featuring the contest by
scoring two Of the touchdowns Of the
fray on forward passes shot b. Beam.
The contest was hard fought from
start to finish, with the reserves con
stanty showing superiority over
the high school griddorz.
The collegians resortod~ almost en-
tirely TO line smashes and end runs,
bot once IN while crossed up the
high schoolcrs 10y forward pass or
;,yo, and these wtrc successful on the
whole, because sc their unexpected
ness which usually allowed someone
to nail the heaNo without trouble.
The most brilliant display Of foot
bull by the high school outfit came in
the third quarter when the collegians
put Tho ball on the two yard line
-Four downs by the reserves failed q
shove the ball over.
The first touchdown came ia th'
FIRST quarter. when Beam from the
thirty yard line shot a pass 20 Bailey
on the five yard line, who trottec
over the goal with the bah
The second touchdown came IN th'
second quarter. Beam behind the
Nina Reserves line hesyed pass q
Bailey. A high schooler and col
legian went into the air for the ball
The high school man DETECTED j
slightly, but Bailey grabbed it jus
before it hit the ground and race
nearly 30 yards TO the goal.
The final touchdown came in th'
last quarter as result Of end run
and line smashes
The high school team when IL ha'
possession Of the ball started tire
or four hard drives into the Reserves
territory, with Handley, Elias or Wal
lace carrying the ball, but lacked tn
sustaining drive that was needed t
carry the oval across the goal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
Kds0O Plays Here
Home Coming Day

SATURDAY. the annual homo cominc
of the Old students and Alumni VIII
be held With the Kalamazoo Alma
College football lamc RS tne ccntcl
of attraction, ard it promises 20 De q
real attraction.
Coach Campbell reu and Light
bunch OF fighting warriors are woi
ing with . vim this week in prcpa
alton for the game with toe Ceicr
Eaters. ard if the Kszoots don't keep
the leaves AN tucked back uajcr the
headgears Saturday som, y them are
liable to be- missing when the fray
ends. as there is every mark of de
termination In the Alma camp this
week
The Kalamazoo fray IS the one fray
the A Ina is most anxious 90 annex
and wine The Maroon and Cream
realizes that the edge rs an with the
Orange and Black there is not the
least sign around the school that Al
ma viii lose There is feeling of
expectancy In the air this week and
il j. certain that Campbcll's elan will
make every endeavor 70 retrieve for
the past defeats of the season hy wa
Looping the Kalamazoo acFr, cation
and mess up the Michigan lntercoi
legiato title to such an extent that
even Diogeucs with hi. lantern wo0.i
be unable to find an honest champ
for the association.
Except possibly for the rule on tho
number Of games played, WHICH uay
effect Kalamazoo's chances and tue
possibility that rlle was violated
when lSmpke was played against As T.
bion a week ago, Kalamazoo bias the
prospect Of sewing zap her claims in
an alright bag by winning from the
Maroon and Cream Saturday
kazoo has a brilliarV football team
with Castcel to VINE Sm clean, and
it is certain that the conquerors of
The Albionites viii put forth every 81
fort or Davis field to cinch the honors
Of the association for 1921
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17
ALBION SWAMPs
MAROON ELEVEN
ALMA UNABLE TO BREAK UP
TIE FAST AERIAL ATTACK
OF METHODISTS.

SIX touchdowns made directly or
indirectly as the result Of forward
passes and one field goal by way Of
variety, allowed the veteran Albion
College football team Go take Camp
bells near Frosh aggregation into
camp Saturday 90 the tune Of "A to o.
On straight football The Albionites
had little If anything on the Alma
clan. which fought I; good fight with
this style Of game. bot when il came
to breaking zap the Methodists' aerial
attack, Cole TO Tamblyn, the Alma
defense was completely at sea, and
four touchdoWns came directly on
these passes and two others put the
bali So close 20 the goal that it was
just question of two or three line
smashcs. TO put over the counter.
The first touchdown came IN the
first quarter on psss Of over 30
yards, Cole 70 ramblyn That placed
rho ball almost on the goal line. A
inc smash put over the counter.
Early m the second quarter another
pass pat he sall ON the Alma ten,
but for three downs Alma smcared
the Albion offensive completely
throwing the men for losses each
time Then Cole. standing on the
Alma g. yard line booted thu ball
over by The drop kick rousc for three
points
Twice during the second quarter
Alma started march to the Albion
goal, but each was broken up ia Al
bon territory, fumbie bringing one
march ~ am end and I'm Intercepted
pass breaking 0p the other on the
Albion % yard mark shortly before
the half closed Iambiyn's ability 10
nail passes gate Albion another
counter
In the second hs1f the counters
Ncame more frequently las Albion, fail
ing 20 gain consistently with the old
style game resoried more and more
To the passing game with Tambiyr
usually on tho receiving end of the
passes Almost at the md Of the
game after an Albion touchdown Al
mo took the ball from.hcr ten yard
line ou the kickoff ,and by lin,
smashes and forward passes carried
the pigstu almost tho length of the
field From the kbion fifteen yarc
linc Californian hurled another pass
To- Anderson. standing on the goa
line The bali hit Anderson on ths
\finger and dropped 60 the ground
killing the best chance to score that
Alma had, as the whistle blew before
Alma got another chance to pull z
play
ON Jhe line Hunter and Tarren;
played wonderful. hall for-the Maroon
and Cream, while on the backfield
Wright. Anderson and Californian
Carried the heavy load. Wright il
particular was the outstanding hero
If the fray, with the possible excep
tion OF Tamblyn The Alma follbacl
smas he'd the line time and again anc
never failed to deliver a good gair
for Alma end when Alma was on tn,
defense ne was in Trbost every play
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-11-17

The Alma high school football team
Will meet ST. Johns at Sc Johns Sat
urday and Will close the season next
week Wednesday with Breckenridge
at Breckenridge.
ST. Johns promises Go give Mullins
team all of the work that 10 can stand,
being one Of the strong aggregations
in this part Of the state. It has vic
tories to is credit over Owosso, Ovid,
Ionia and other strong teams.
Wednesday Alma will meet Che
Breckenridge team at Breckenridge
ina the game that will decide the coun-
ty title Earlier Breckenridge helN
the ocais - 10 ~ in game in
which the Alma team displayed some
of the poorest work Of the ycqr.