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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES MAY
BE MADE IN ANY NUMBER

Until recently anyone who had
availed themselves of the right Of ad-
diticnal entry under the stocllraising
homestead act, no matter how small
an area was filed upon. was barred
from further benefits under the Sec
tion of the law. According to new
ruling issued by the secretary of the
interior, such persons are given fur
ther additional rights and ii is now
possible for the hOmesteader tu iii Z
repeatedly until the maximum of GAO
acres has been reached. providin.
there Is sufficient open land within 20
miles Of the Original entry. The lew
ruling reads:
"One who has made al addition Il
entry under either sections 4 CIR of
the act (stockrafsing homes.cadl is
for such a quantity of designated lani
within twenty miles of the original en =
try. as when added to the area for
merly acquierd will not exceed apprC X :
imately $40 acers."--ta.np Gro D.; Ca
zctte.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
froby Case in
Court THURSDAY

The trial of william H. Froby,
charged with grand larceny for the
alleged issuance of bogus check In
the amount of $50, occupied the at
tentiOn of the district court yester-
day. The day was largely occupied
in securing jury and testimony for
the defense did not start until about
5 o'clock. Frank Hunter assisted
County Attorney Burkey in the pros
ecution and Edward Prchal was at
tOrney for the defense.
In taking the stand in his own be-
half. Froby stated the $40 check
was passed in a gambling game in
a house to the rear of Martins pool
hall, and that he received no money
on 1t. The check was drawn on the
First National Bank of Miles City.
Froby testified that Bill Hicks, the
prosecuting witness, was not playing
in the game, but received the $40
check as share of some time when
the game terminated. Another $3.50
check, Froby testified. was cashed by
him and on which he received
money.
P. J. Wedge, cashier of the First
National bank at Miles City. had
been subpoenaed as a witness in the
Froby case. but was not present on
the appointed time. The court re-
cessed and Sheriff Sutter called Mr.
Wedge on the long distance telephone
advising him to come. Mr.. Wedge
was prompt to answer, chartering a
car for the S7-mile auto ride and
appeared in court late in the after
noon. Explanations being asked by
the court. MIR. Wedge replied County
Attorney .Burkey informed him his
presence would not be necessary II
he substituted some other represen-
tative of the bank, but he had failed
to make such provision. Mr.. Wedges
oversight constituted contempt Of
court and a fine of $25 was imposed
and paid.
The case was still pending at the
time of going to press.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22

Desmet. where. thousands of feet If
wafer ~ already being used for irri-
Satlns the Letter estate. it will be pos
slpie te increase this amount of wa
Ter. ana to irrigate thousands Of acres
In the Dutch Creek. Main Dutch cre.l,
Cat creek and Dell Prong districts,
Montana parties are making over
lures to the Letter estate for the wa.
Ter. These Overtures are coming from
some Northern Pacific representatives.
Whc, propose to irrigate several thor,
sands OF acres of land with the water
from Lake DeSmet This would no,
require an additional expenditure hv
the estate, as the water already b.r
messed. would be merely turned ,no.e
into the creek. and rendered nyailuh HI -
Tor the Montana parties.
The Letter estate proposes to fur-
nlsh water for frrigating the several
thousands of acres in the district. !.
above described, by harnessfnw SONS,
So,OOV more square feet Of water and
constructingan Irrigation ditch. nnf
over II miles in length. leading thru
the districts tc, be irrigated, the watar
10 be paid for and used BY the farm
ers IN those districts.
1T is proposed to hold IA meeting in
Ihe dll1erent communities in the Very
near future to ascertain the sentiment
~ thoSe districts. Should the water
Oe permitted to &C to Montana to irri-
gate lands in another state it will he
forever lost to this state. and it IS
narely possible that another emporium
'ty Will ever come to the farmers
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
PACIFIC R. R. MAKES
0vtMDREs. FOR LAKE WATER

1t has been learned here that the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
has made Overtures to the Letter es-
tate at Clearm0nt, Wyo., for the use
OF reservoir water stored in Lake
DeSmet. midway between Sheridan,
and Buffalo, Wyo. What significance
may be attached to the action is un-
known. but the Northern Pacific rail-
road owns upward of 100000 acres
OF land within Powder River county,
and to get water here, it would re-
Quire transportation from the lake
over distance of 100 miles. resort
ing to creeks, fumes and irrigation
bitches. Such a gigantic irrigation
project would bring water to arid
land here. Immediately raising it in
average acreage valuation in approx
mated figures from SIS to 500.
The Sheridan (Wyo.) Post arti-
Gle relative to the Northern Pacific
railroads action is as follows:
"a project to irrigate 10000 acres of
practically arid lands was sprung on
the irrigation committee of the Com
inercial club by Manager John G..
Eeebee of the Letter estate.
Mr. Beebee recently returned from
Chicago where this irrigation project
has been under advisement. BY COM
paratively small expenditure at Lake
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
BOY SCOUTS GET
TOGETHER IN BANQUET

The Boy Scouts of Brosdus sat
together at banquet at the Powder
River hotel last Friday night. and
occupied places at Il long table. at
the head of which was seated Steve
Holt. patrol leader. At two smaller
tables were seated Scou,master Wa
ters and several business of Broadus
who had been invited to encourage
the boys In their Scout work.
:, After partaking of the sumptuous
banquet. provided by the boys moth
ers and served by the hotel attaches,
there were some songs and speech
making, concluding in an address by
5. A. Holt who acted as spokesman
for the Ladies Aid society in pre-
senting a national flag Of good d.
mensions to the Boy Scout organiza-
tion. Rev. Waters displayed a full
regulation Scout uniform and stated
the haversack and sheathed ak would
be awarded as prizes to the first
Scouts attaining the different de-
grees.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
v BAR RANCH
HAS BAD FIRE

Thirty dressed hogs, ten thousand
pounds of corn, besides other feeds
and many miscellaneous articles.
were destroyed in fire Sunday
evening at the w Bar ranch, owned
by Link j. Wilson. The fire started
In the smoke-house and was commu-
nicated to the granary, about twelve
feet separating the two.
Emergency telephone calls were
received in BrOadus and many auto
mobile loads of volunteer fire fight
ers responded. Bucket and tub brt-
gades fought the fire, several chem
ical fire eXtinguishers also being
brought into play.
While the two buildings and meats
We're destroyed, some oats were saw
ed. Most OF the feed, however. went
up in smoke. The actual money loss
is unknown.
The five loads of corn had Just
been deposited in the granary a few
hours previous to the fire. having
been purchased at the LeBrun auc-
tion sale. About seven tons of cot
tonseed Oil cake, held over from last
year, were destroyed.
After the fire, some hams and
pork were salvaged, and with bread
and coffee requisitioned from the
ranch house barbecue was spread
for the firefighters. The quantity
was more than sufficient to appease
the appetites of all.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
Attention Given
To District No. 81

In the recent school elections held
over the county perhaps more atteM-
ti0n was focused on District - than
any other locality. In that district
H. Merchant was elected for the two
year term: w. A. Price, the only
hold-over trustee, was elected to the
three year term, and Matt Piccolo 10
the one year term. Defeated can
didates for the trusteeshtp were Jas.
Steadman, c. V. Girk and Dan Cas-
kill.
The school house was first local
ed on the divide between Gaskill and
Steadman's place. To some this was
unsatisfactory and at specially call
ed meeting 1t was voted to move the
building to Camp creek at the old
Loesch place. Within q few days at
another specially called meeting, the
vote to move the building to Camp
creek was revoked and instead It
was voted to move it two miles onto
the head of Box Elder creek at NJ.
Cranes place. The school originally
had an attendance Of from twelve ia
II scholars before removal. it is said
while now the enrolment is down to
about four. Sy Weeks 10 the teacherl
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
SNORT TALKS ODC[j the PUBLIC LAND MATTERS
By COLA w. SHEPARD, United States Commissioner
TALK
Cultivation On Homesteads


On all homesteals taken under the
general l60,acrel homestead law Or
law. law whether original or additionsi. i
is required that the entryman ,culti--
yate. or cause to be cultivated. not
!, less y, Il than n cne-sixteenth Of the entry.
and not less than one eighth during
year thereafter until proof is made.
ton with land and taken under the stock
raising homestead law, although the
entryman may, II he chooses. cultivate
stead.
what constituted q residence year"
the residence year hut upon the year
4f the entry. meaning the crop season.
Local conditions govern somewhat in
stance. an entry made during July in
one Of the northern states could not
Wen be planted to crop that year.
be the first crcp season Of the entry
and no cultivation would be required
until the following crop season. How
ever. 1t an entry be made during July
planted after that time. then the first
crop season would occur soon after
the entry was made. and the next year
sixteenth of the entry. The date of
establishing residence has nothing TO
do with the time when the cultivation
is due under the law.
The cultivation required by the law
consists in breaking up the land,
piantins it to crop, and giving the
customary in the locality where the
land is situated. 1t does not matter
how the land Is broken, whether with
cultivatcr, or other tool, SO long as
the method used is such as will de-
stroy the native sod, or other growth.
and reduce the land to a state Of cul.
tfvation. Neither is it absolutely, nee
essary to plow the land the next year
unless the condition Of the soil de-
der it productive. il a crop can be
raised by discing 1t in, then that
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
Church News

Sunday evening. April 4th. will see
the bealnning Of those popular mems
night mig seryices which are schedul ed fer
tne last Sunday of every month. With
weather conditions being agreeable.
": 9. Ferguson secretary Of the Miles
city Chamber Of Commerce. will be
n Rroad9s to speak on Religion in
BUSINESS" ~ NJ. Ferguson is well known
IN Powder River county and a capacity
tce: Seats will be reserved for men
until 7:4b p. M. Ladies are invited.
:, A special luncheon was served to
B. Lewis 1T the Powder River hotel
last Thursday evening, the "eats'' be-
Ing furnished by the parents cf the
boys. Short talks to the boys by BUSH
ness men Of town. after which q large
American flag given by the Ladies' AID
society was presented by 8. A. Holt.
songs, a discussion OF Scout work and
general vacation plans followed.
The Scout program will be uyened
M and intensified at the school house
Friday night. Every parent should en-
courage every boy to be present. Pep
energy; enc ~. ardor; go: enthusla.m. Zip. fer:
right-every boy In town.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
CT ESrS AT POWDER RIVER
HOTEL FOR THE PAST WEEK

AIRS. c. &. Ihfer S d. McKinnoa
Jack Coward. Miles Ci,y. Wendell
Goodspeed, otter: Geo. West. l. y.
Snodgrass Selway; Frank Hunter
Niles city; Mrs. Christa Whimpey.
+. I. Kelsey, Denver Williams. Moor
head; Edmond Eocth, Baker: James r.
Maxwell. NJ. w. Pierce. Ashland; Ralph
d. Rhea and wife: &. V. TieGe, N. NJ
Crocker, Al Breckeuridge, Ferd T.
Yonkee. Sayle: Mrs. George Mccoy,
ThermOpOlis ", l.. Barthol omew, Kru-
ger; r. L.. iarlier. Boyes: Mrs. Edna
y. Leihy, ,so.,lw"cd: II. A. Bottles. Sell
way; ). a.: i,.on. Coa1Wood; John i.
r: Jones. Biddle: w. w. Doty, Miles
city: Bob Davis, Mr.. Winters, Glen
dive: John w. Hudson: w. w. Palmer,
Selway: Dave kusel Dan McCutcheCn II,
Paul Bernard. Belle Fourche; w. w.
Hill: Joe Anderson. SelWay: George
Eogss Il. Armstrong. Ekalaka: J. Il.
English. San Francisco; .. l.. Hood, x.
Z. lnsress. Il. } foffcrstad, Miles City:
Claude Anderson. Ashland James
Catti, Boyes.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
Observance Given
Cleanup Request

AS the result of a polite request. !
issued by DR.. Charles H. James.
county health officer, cleanup pro-
gram has been observed at Broadus
the past week ard 1t is believed all
other county points will take heed
as we'll. Several wagonloads OF the
winters accumulation Of garbage.
tin cans, ashes and other trash have
been removed to proper dumping
grounds.
Premises failing to be renovated
are liable to condemnation as public
nuisances by order Of the health Of
hcer. So far ~ known nobody has
shown disposition to invite Off
cial action to compel them to olean
their premises. The health officer
requests the people to maintain tie
high standard Of health I'm the eoun-
ty by . proper cleanup program and
1t is yet time to get busy.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
IN BOOZE CASES, ,CONEIS(,ATlnN
OF PROPERTY u PER NlSSlnl. I

The supreme court of the sto,. !,
recent ruling. decided against Franis
Hunter counsel for Ed Earnes and
aohn Sanlin Of Miles city. relative to
~ VIII OF prohibition asked by Hunter
the district court from taking further
action against the defendants. alleged
TTa,olators of the state prohibition law.
outcome Of decision rendered nv
Judge Mckinnon. wherein the court
ruled that property and containers TAX
en- from the defendants weer subject
the, matter to the supreme court
earning that the state dry law was
uncc ccnstitutional in regard to the
search and seizure clause.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
Creamery Station
Starts May 1St

Starting with May /, or shortly
thereafter, the Western Creamery
company of Miles City will receive
cream from this county, maintaining
stations at Broadus, Coalwood, Sta
cey and at Sidney Smiths place, II
miles southwest of Camps Pass.
The dairymen will receive checks
Immediately upon delivery of their
cream at local depots. The price to
be paid will be the delivered price
to Miles City, less cost Of transpor-
tation. All pay stations will furnish
their own cans to Miles City, but
the dairymen must supply their cans
with cream to local depots. 1t IS
believed cans will be sent from Miles
City for sale to dairymen who want
them.
e. Woodwiss. field representative
for the Western Creamery company.
was in Broadus week ago. making
arrangements with S. Holt at the
Reliable Drug store to handle the
cream at this terminal.
Bulletins pertaining to the dairy
industry will be available at the
cream depots in this county.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
PRESTON ACQUITTED
GRAND LARCENY

After trial in district court be-
fore Judge S. ID. Mckinnon, Ernest
w. Preston was acquitted by q Jury
of a grand larceny charge preferred
by 1la Linville, shea claiming Pres
ton had stolen q calf owned by her.
Preston admitted possession of a
calf but denied Mrs. Linville's own
ership. He had taken the calf up
on the open range, he said. and un-
able to discover its ownership, mark
ed 1t with his brand. Other wit
nesses testified that such procedure
was followed by others in an OPEN
range country. George w. Farr Of
Miles City was counsel for defense,
while Frank Hunter Of Miles City
assisted County Attorney N. A. Bur-
key in the prosecution:
Afater half days time ON Tues
day jury was empanelled and the
next day was devoted to the trial.
The jury took the case under all
visement about $3.50 in the evening
and within about half an hour re-
turned verdict Of not guilty. The
personnel of the jury was as follows
Roy G. Gardner, F. d. Middlebrook.
w. r. Blythe, B. G. Grimstead, Geo.
West, G. r. Montgomery, Thomas >.
Dent, NJ. w. Pierce. NJ. H. CLOSER,
Jacob Delegard, J. r. Miles.
Witnesss testifying in behalf OF
the prosecution were lila and. Jake
Linville. Harry Fisher. A. W. Deva.
shor, Sidney j. Blankinbaker and
Eddie Barker. Witnesses for the de-
tense were the defendant, Fred Rus
sell, Jack. Clevinger, Frank Wilbur
and Link j. Wilson.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
"elASSARn' SMITH !
Case c0UIIIu|

Upon the convening of the q
jury term Of the district court u
held within this county, the case
w. X. "Glassarm" Smith, charo
with seditfOn, was the first ON r
docket. Neither of the outside col1
sci retained by him for his defen}
were present, Sharpless OF Miles q
being absent for some cause or a
er while K. E. McNally of 6heridaI
Wyo., associate counsel, was iii
wise detained. Edward Prchal "
present as local counsel.
Eddie Booth of Baker was here
the defense of another criminal 81
tlon, and was engaged by Smith tn
night previous to the trial. He prl
sented a motion to have the case Il
manded to Custer county. but thl
was denied by the presiding iudg'
Hon. s. ID. McKinnon.
Booth presented another motto
Tor continuance of the case, .explail
ing to the court that Walker ha
only resigned as counsel for the d,
Tense four days prior to the trial
that he (Booth) was unfamiliar wit
the case; that important witnesse
"OAO uCIouACu Au AOWd through O3i
gerous sickness Of relatives an
could not be present in persont an
the time was too short for depos
tions from them. Counsel for th
state demurred to the motion, COZ
tending that Smith some time prs
vious had decided to change couI
sci. However, upon the court re-,
ords Walkers name remained 1
counsel for the defense. 1t is pr.
sumed his resignation was tendere
directly to Smith.
In granting the motion for col
tinuance OF the trial. Judge MckiJ
non stated that under the circuu
stances, especially in regard /
Walkers resignation. the indication
were that Smith was not in positio
to proceed with the trial and !
fairness to him the case should |
continued but informed the defendaI
ne must be prepared to go to tri'
the next time his case is called. III
state was prepared to proceed wit
the case, having it's witnesses pre-
.Nnt and Attorney Frank Hunter W.
A> A>vspresent as assistant to Coun,
Attorney N. A. Burkey.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
. . . . . . . . Z
SEI4WAY


Mr.. and Mrs. l. d. Sncdgrass We're
in Ashland on business one day last
week.
Everett Wittenmyer has moved
from the Bower place on Ten Mile
creek to his own ranch.
Jack McClennan stopped at Steve
Smiths Monday on his way to his
ranch on Three Mile.
Theodore Erickson was at Steve
Smiths Saturday and Sunday.
=, Mr.. and Mrs: Fred Smith. daughter
Norma. and Ole Mogen showed their
smiling faces on Ten Mile to surprised
friends and relatives, it being the first
visit In nearly q year.
Steve Smith Sr. and Jr. and Theo.
Erickson were butiness callers at J.
N, Stafford's the flrst. Of the week.
Theo: Erickson and Robert Schaudel
have hnished saving lumber on Ten
Mile. Mr.. schcudel went to Ashland
Friday.
Jack McC ennan. who has been en-
ployed by H. Trusler Of Otter creek,
has has returned to his ranch on Three
Francis Lewis was Ten Mile call
er saturday.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
Prices Received
le brun Sale

Some idea Of the valuation OF
farm products and cattle may be
Cleaned from the public auction sale
of G. l.. LeBrun, held last Saturday y
near Broadus, in which Bert Wilson
officiated as auctioneer. The sale
was for cash and approximately
$1,000 was realized by LeBrun.
Three hundred and fifty bushels of
corn sold for 75 cents per hundred
weight. One bunch of cows aver
aged 500 head and bunch of two
year-old heifers averaged $43.5O.
iearlings brought $3.50. One 6
year-Old steers brought $47.5O and
three-year-Old COW realized SAG.
All farm machinery brought good
prices.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
FINE OF *l:.OtO FOR SEDirION
UPHELD BY THE COZ R1

Anton Schaffer Of Fergus county
must pay fine of $4,000 for utter
ing seditious statement sagainst the
ing the war;. This ruling was made
by the state supreme court in "a recent
Gplnion written by Associate Justice c,
n. cooper and all members of the
Schaffer was accused of saying:
rms government would be better off
under German rule and us Germans
countries for men and us Germans 10
the bOssing'' "
The court held that the words, tax.
ing consideration the times and cir
cumstances under which they We're
spoken. Were sediticus within the
meaning of the sedition act
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
BUD DEvASAOR, OLD TIMER,
BUT STILL. .Y o U n c.

Bud Devashor proved conclusively
the bloom of his youth. when he sad
dled up q trusty grain-fed saddle
horse and rode from his ranch ever
near Broadus. Mont. up through Eka.
days. The distance is over $50 miles
ana the ride was an exceptionally
hard one for both man and horse. but
BUD seemed to stand the trip o. K.
The first Of the week he rode out to
the Tom Devashor ranch. and picked
mp Toms old saddle horse which he
mas taken back tc BOradus with him.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
DRIVES FORD FROM
ONO AhD ARRESTED

After driving Ford car through
from Dayton, Ohio, to the home 0i
his parents on Otter creek, this
county, Hobart Welcome, age 10,
was arrested by Sheriff w. =. Sutter
on advice of Dayton officials. who
charged that the car was stolen
property and that young Welcome
was the offender. An official is now
en- route here from Ohio to take the
young man back with him where he
will be tried on grand larceny
charge.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
GAS COMPANY DECLARES
A MIG DIVIDEND

The Montana Petroleum corpc ration,
is paying dividend Of s per cent. ON
it's stock. the dividend having been de-
clared last Saturday, and the pay
ments are now being made. The divi-
dends are derived from the sale OF it's
commodity, which is gas, and with
which it supplies the town CT Baker.
The corporation is under the man
agement of Judge c. III. Loud, A. u,
Hotchkiss, Charles Emerson. Frank +.
Kelsey, c. Is. Towers. O. CHRISTOPHER.
(the latter being resident manager for
the company at Bakery and Frank
Maxwell.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-04-22
MARTIN PAYS S100
FINE FOR GAMBLING

VILLAS Martin in district court on
Wednesday pleaded guilty to a mis-
demeanor and was fined 500, which
he paid. He was originally arrested
with Paul Barnard and A. f. Ed
wards ON gambling charge and
their cases set for trial at the pres
ent session of court. The case against
Barnard and Edwards was dismissed.
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Lewis Bakken, government trap
per. has gone to Belle creek, Biddle
p0stoffice, where he will be engaged
in the determination Of coyotes. For
the time being Bakken will work IN
the vicinity Of Hopkins.