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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
IN NOME TALENT PLAY

The high school students will pre-
set a three-act farce comedy at Shorty's 8
hall Saturday evening. May 20. to be
followed by a dance: The cast of
characters fer the play will be as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Darling, who has four dauRh-
ters GLADYS Edwards
Katherine Kitty, the eldest :. .......
.................. Ruby Harrington
Margaret Peggy, the second ......:
Fanny Bailey
MarEret Blenkner
Elizabeth Betty. the fourth ..:::::..
Hannah, the servant Sadie Porta
Richard Wentworth. wealthy man
Percy Wentworth. nephew and coll
lege student ........... Bill DOrVal
Jack Van Icon. of the historic Van
Hamilton Moriarity. rising young
state legislator. -. James Thompson
EdEard Darling. cousin and stu
dent of archaeology. Clifford Fitch
Between the first and second acts
there will be presented a very humor.
ous monologue "Uncle Bill at the
Vaudeville" by Milford Holt.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
OFFICERS LOCATE
STOLEN MACHINE

Marco Cellar alias George Rice. an
Austrian. age about 30 years and
smooth shaven, made his escape from
the warden of the South Dakota Een-
ttenttary. and the Deadwood sheriff
last Sunday afternoon when they con-
ranch Of Harley sage ON Wright creek
this. county. alleged to have been stol-
en- by Cellar at Deadwood. Cellar is
an escaped convict from the South
Dakota state penal institution and is
travelling under an alias of George
Rice. He was working with convict
gang employed in road work and took
vember % last year. He showed up in
Deadwood and purloined Buick au-
tomebile that he drove to Ridge, and
has since been on Wright creek, en-
plOyed at different tasks.
Sunday afternoon Cellar alias Rice
was working with Harley Sage re-
pairing fence when the two officials
mile from the place the two men
strangers and divining their mission
for his apprehension, left the premises
afoct and proceeded to unknown quar-
ters.
cellar alias Rice is a shoe cobbler
mobile mechanic. At the time of his
escape from the convict gang he was
serving time for the theft Of an au-
tomobile and had seven mere years
ahead Of him. There was a $50 reward
for the recovery of the Buick auto
mobile stolen at DeadwOod and anOth'
Rice. The South Dakota officials re.
turned to Deadwood with the Buick
but so far AS known were unable tC
locate Cellar.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
OtlUGt Of WATER
N Rain AND SNOW

1t is feared that stockmen and flock
masters have suffered considerable loss
hiso BY reason Of the exeessiye rain and
tinued all that night and all day
ban. day The ht pm % are
headway. and the prospects wer ex-
cellent for an abundant crop. The
fortunate for them for the lambs that
dropped during the storm We're lost
unless they were under shelter. Some
older stock have weathered the storm,
for they were in fair condition afte,
a winters feeding and two weeks on
The dOwnpour however was welcom-
ed by the farmers for most of then,
had in their crops.
Thursday night when it ended in a
Of 4. ". He'del: local weather CD.
server. the precipitation from the two
On May s there, was IT of an inch
and on May there was OF of ar
inch. making "A total Of 2.11 inches fC,
MED. the storm. coming, from tn.
northwest and assumed the proper
| tions of a gale.
turned into heavy sleet and Thurs
day morning the ground was covered
with a blanket Of wet snow. GOVERNS
| the green grass. Most of the snow
had melted Friday morning A
able less for nearly ali the youns
chicks have been drowned or els
chilled to death.
viii be difficult for they are, heav!
with mud and are blocked with pool
of water. The two Powder rivers an
nearly every creek in the county ar
running nearly bankful with water
It is reported that road culverts an
bridges have been washed away an
that road fills have disappeared.
The office of the Powder Rive
County Examiner In the basement q
the Powder River County hank build
ing. was flooded with six inches c
water that had to be baled out b
hand. Some machinery was damaged
The storm hs put out of commits
sion the telephone lines to Miles Cit!
POwderville and MCorhead.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
THE FIELD
MEET At EK ALAKA

Mr. and Mrs: J. I. westphal nd d.
F. DeIap in the formers car Friday
tend the declamatory contest and the
eighth grader field meet. They left
town at ! O'clock Friday. afternocn
miles. They found the roads for forty
miles between Climax and Sykes to Sc
cars had been over that stretch this
spring. They arrived at Ekalaka al.
most too late for the declamatory
out Of a PC ssible 50 entries. LEILA Hail
won first honors and win represent
Ekalaka at the state contest In Helena
barry won second and third honors. The
field and track meet on Saturday NJ
participated In by 36 boys. A11ada and
and weather conditions prevented fheiI
attendance: The sport numbers con.
ming and jumping. baseball throv ~
relay race. &
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
Surveyors in Field
Subdivision Work

Charles p. Seelye, a United States
Friday and Saturday with his crew Of
men preparing to take the field Tor
work in subdividing townships. They
left Sunday morning for Albion. Car
ter county. where they will be employ.
ed nine miles north CT there for about
six weeks. then an assignment near
Birney viii keep them busy; They
will end the season near Red Lodge
Cadastral engineers were Formerly
known as surveyors. Alyx T. Harris
another cadastral engineer from Hell
ena with his crew Of men. will join
Seelye's crew at Albion, going in by
way Of Ekalaka.
Seelye's crew consists Of local coun-
ty men. all Of whom worked with him
last year. They are Lester I.tsles. W
V. Buck. James Whitehead: Nevin
ter came to Broadus Monday. one day
late in joining his comrades. seelye's
outfit consists CT two automobiles
three wagons and eight head of horses
With the present work completed
all the land in southeastern Montana
will be surveyed and will be ready
for the government to throw it cper
to entry. Most, Of this land is now ne,
settled by people termed squatters;,
but with the land SURVEYED they viii
be able to make final PROOF and Sc
cure natenta.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
broaduS-Arvada
Route Advertised

The postoffice department mas COM
bined the two mail routes connecting
Broadus with Arvada. yo.. and is ad-
vertising for bids for this service to
be opened May 81. This route is from
Broadus by Pinto and Moorhead to
Arvada. distance of ninety-one
miles. for a mail service three times
a week. A bond of $500 is required
from each contractor. According to
the schedule. the mail is to leave
Rroadus Tuesdays. Thursday and Sat-
vada by 5 p. m. The mail will leave
Arvada Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days at a. m. and arrive at Broadus
by p. m. The contrcts will cover
four years to start July this year.
The consolidation Cf the two routes
was effected for. the purpose Of ex-
pediting transmission of mail be-
tween Broadus and Arvada. Under the
former program there was no connec-
ticn of the two routes at Moorhead
and considerable delay was occasioned
! in the mail service.
Thomas j. Bonner is the presnt con.
tractor on the mail route from Arvada
to Moorhead. distance cf "a miles
and his present compensation Is s349(
a year. F.. G. Shireman is the present
contractor on the Moorhead- Broa dus
mail route. covering distance cf 41
miles and his present compensation is
$1,000 4 year.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12

permitting a smaller faculty than rext
year: third. occupying temporary rent
ed quarters. the purchase Of equip
ment was reduced to the minimum.
Under rules fer accrediting I will
have more to say regarding essential
equipment.
Relative to the statement that "the
maximum levy which may be made
(for district high school is not
sufficient to properly care for the
students now enrolled" this statement
IL substantiated by the following fact
which brings US to one Of the import
ant factors of this proposition. The
maximum levy mentioned is sufficient
to provide maintenance fer the pres
ent and future enrolment lat least
for the immediate future) but the alb.
sence Of an adequate building consti-
tutes one Of the chief reasons for the
adoption Of County High School.
expect to establish ccnclusively that
It IL the imperative duty Of the coun.
ty to properly house it's high school
the institution that is its strcrges,
bu1wark. its particular mission bt ine
that Of improving the future Of oul
citisenship.
favortng an elaborate, expensive build
ing. but cue in keeping with ou
means. which win be paid for out o
the levy provided by law for main
tenance-which 10 made possible b,
economy. the practice Of which IN Mak
Ing 1t possible to house our count,
high school adequately without bon
upon ~. q. A. HOLT.
Broadus. Mont. May :. 1s2s
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
\. kROeMAn STILL
!. SHAKING 'En DOWN

. According to letters received in
Hea ena,. II. Krogman. q nursery sales
man who encountered scme difficulty
In Miles City and Powder River coun-
arrive In Helena, to circulate petitio..
for state soldier bonus, which IL to
give every service man 500 q month
for every month he served in the
army. krOgman was also prominent
9 couple OF years ago as an organiser
Cor the Nonpartdsan league and in
this county was the medium through
which several farmers were separated
from SIS each.
Mr.. Krcgman and the boosters for
the state soldiers bonus are co-0per-
attng with 2 labor organization in
Butte which has q set Of petitions out
Coereisn bin. proyiding for heavy
e er or smpl oyer Of labor" who threat.
disaster II he doesn't vote as ne il
ties. provides that civil suits may be
lodged against the wicked "coercer.'
An organization known as the World
the bonus bill. The method Of raising
the money to pay the bonus is through
corporation license tax and levies
upon excess profits made by corpora
tions during the war and since.
Krcgman is trying to interest ex-
service men and laboring men in the
two bills and hopes to obtain dona-
tfons to defray the expense of circu.
lating the petitions which will cost II
is estimated. including printing and
other expenses, about $4,000.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
HORSE RUSTlER
KILLED BY POSSE

A man named Lange. was killed
g,s Of baa Last week by sssrs E
tween Otter creek and Hanging Wo-
man. in Rosebud county, southeast 0f
Birney and about so miles southwest
from the Powder River county line.
Lange was accused Of horsetheft and
was killed by rnsv 5ohn Arnold rancher
Der CT the sherinfs posse.
Lange resisted arrest. His cabin is
gerous to approach. There is '%H only 'n one
door at which l.ange met the party.
prepared to fight: He had an axe IN
the posse and ordered them t,'sav to siaS
back. However, one Of the posse
seized the axe when Lange grabbed q
tack when bull ct laid him low. The
bullet passed through his heart and
death was almost instantaneous.
q horse was stolen from the AlDer:
seemed Conclusive to the Community
is stated. in fact. that h. was seen in
deputy sheriff formed a posse and
besides the deputy. sheriff and John
Arncld who fired the fatal shot. tina.
XIII killed dtbar bhange, We're re-, Boxer Lacanq and
bud county held an inquest at l.ange's
cabin and finding that no blame at
tacne9 Ior the Killing, the body was
| buried at the Birney cemetery on Fri
verdict that deceased came to his :
death by reason Of a gunshot wound
| inflicted by u bullet fred in self dc
| fense.
! Lange is foreigner and during the
| world war was classed as an alien
| enemy. For some act of dislOyalty he
| was arrested and imprisoned but was
later released. He has been in ill-rc-
pute in the neighbcrhood since his re-
| turn but had not been arersted for
any other crime.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
FOREIGNER HELD
ASSAULT CHARGE

George Raichvich. 9 native Of Csechc'
SlOvakia. was arraigned In justice
court before c: c.. Craw Thursday aft
ernoon and pleaded not guilty to q
2: Burk: The foreigner was placed
for June 3. He goes under the .I nams :;
Ct 'Raich" for short. pronouced Rice."
Sunday afternoon Raich visited Burk
at his placs on Wright creek: it is
ceeded to clean up on Burk. probably
using some blunt instrument: i is
Condition. and when ne rdeained his his
half a mile to his nearest neighbor's
and an \ had Ave ugly gashes in, IN his head: ;S
place of Ed Tack on Ranch creek
where he was given job and was
tody by sheriff ". 2. sutter Wednes-
panied by. DR.. c. H. James who dressed
Burk's injuries. Burk was able to re.
put Of commission for work for the
not considered critical.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
PR0eRAM FOR MEETING
OF PARENT TEACHERS

Following is the program to be
rendered at the Parent-Teachers meet
ing this evening:
Selection by Powder River band
business session.
Talk. "What the Parent-Teachers
Association Can Do to Make Our Next
Year Successful" by Chas. Einsel
Selectin by quartette.
Talk. what the Ind 'vidual Citizen
Can Do to Make Next Year Sue
cessful School Year" by. II. r. Cook
Dancing number, Spanish dance, by
Mrs. H. z. Dorval Jr. and Jean Inwis
Talk. What the Teacher Can Do tc
Make 1922-1923 Successful School
Year" by Mrs. Gertrude Ross.
RIP Van Winkle." by Mrs. Holt's
Talks. "What Students Can Do t.
Make 1922-1a23 Successful Schoo
Year" by Sadie Porta. Mary Williams
and s. A. HClt Jr.
Community singing.
Talk, what the Parent Can Do Il
Make Next School Year Successful
by 8. A. Holt.
Other numbers to be supplied.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

H. II; Bright. cor connected nf M,,ss W,'h city tHe
and Archie Wells. of Eagle Suite: ?:
WeeN to Niles e City today. Wells is con:
nected with the breeding staten OF
the Sioux Indian nnd here for % the
purchase Of yearlinE heifers ana Hu'ts; Is
He was prepared to buy upwards OF
800 heifers and offered as as, m4gm n Hno,Ss as
closed no deals.
The Powder River band a rSs. few days 1yys
an engagement at the Belle Fourcne
mum of IS musicians was wanted:
Although band OF that number
could be organised with local ana ma oue- " =
from town to perfect such an orsan-
ization SO it - quite likely the invl-
tation will be declined.
Julius Neprud and. j., f. Burk from from
Wrtghs creek ar,, were IN town re,yrnsa home
neapoiis; LaCross. Wis. and verdel
Msb GA the hs latter place is
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Bradley and
children have occupied the shack built
by DIR. E. w. White near the sandal
ranch.
Tuesday. May %; win be nat9raii.
held in Broadus. At that time several
civil actions win be disposed OF.
The Rroadus grade schools win closs
a week from today for the s9mmer'i
vacation and the high school will cios'
Many wild flowers are coming int
| full bloom and a ~ew days more VII
and them out in their full dress o
variegated cOlOrs.
James w. Shipman. working nea
MoOrhead. will soOn leave for gov
ernment training camp to receive In
struction In aviation. He will be alb
\ sent a year while taking this course
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
NEW PRAIRIE DOG
POISON RECEIVED

,rse Seven ven hundred and fifty. pounds Of
eo Ct this week and is tor distribntion
County Examiner. OF this consignment
on public land while the res rest is Tor Tor
private land. The bait was shipped
sset ts
service. from the University Of Mon
tana at Bozeman and is the result Of
ef d 5st Gait a dr for %
Powder River county.
A. f. Oman, biological assistant,
was Was in Broad9s the latter part Of the
prepared bait. From the Interest
manifested mar in prairie dog extermina;
not believe this consignment of pre-
pared bait would last long and to sup
ply the demand within another month
another .batch: Of f1Pepa Prepared fsote bais to
be sold for private use only. Land
owners realize the menace of the
ing them In all directions. even going
beyond their own premises to destroy
the the pests on vacant sa t,,s,t state and govern;
Sa that Was mixed }ast year and sod
by the county from the office Of the
county clerk has been exhausted. The
annd pa wis m s1a fot sas e4s At bae 20 Sents @
new bait is lower in price fcr. the cost
Of the principle ingredient of strych-
nine has declined in the past year.
prepared bait has been shipped to
Ashland for free distribution by rang
ers Of the Custer forest. a large area
Through some misarrangement no free
@ bait was supplied the Custer forest
"cssp 'tI' s,4 , -
bait available in Rroadus, 200 pounds
have been reserved for the land owners
Of the Bay Horse county. and is with
have % exterminated % prairie r%ers dogs inere frem
an expanse CT one thousand acres and
have expressed their Willingness to rid
Wpbnt IT, public IL tbs snd ct the pests h1
termination campaign. The supply OF
bait on hand now is prepared in two
teen pounds each.
Mr.. Oman states experimental work
has convinced his department that
Of prairie dogs are secured by poison.
ing them with bait prepared by mix.
ing strychnin and other ingredients
is unsatisfa ctery. claims oman. He
states prairie dogs will take the pois.
oned oats all through the summer
It may be possible there are farm.
prairie dog bait, thereby saving tn,
cost of the oats. The strychnin ma,
be secured from the extension servic
of the state university at Bozeman
but transportation must be by express
or private sources for the poison i
denied access to the mails.
One of the best formulas for pre-
pared prairie dog bait is as follows
or strychnine (alkaloid) powdered
| u OF. saccharine. l OF. soda. l table
spoon gloss starch. u pint blut kar,
syrup. l tablespoon slycerin. 12 qts
whole. clean oats. Mix strychine an,
soda dry Dissolve starch in u pin
cold water. Pour glycerin into syru1
and STIR Dissolve saccharine in Il lit
tie luke warm water in glass or chin;
cup Pour dissolved starch into y
| pint boiling water and stir to max
thin clear paste Stir in strychnin
and soda and stir to make cream
oughly. Pour in saccharine solution
and str thcroughly. Pour paste mix
ture over oats and stir until all ker
nels are thoroughly coated. Sprea
out to dry before sacking.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
INCORRlGlbLE CASE
CONTINUED TO JUNE

The case OF ineorriglbility against
daughter of Mrs. $. HI. Salverson of
Otter creek, has been continued until
some time in June with date not yet
fixed. This action was taken in JUS
tice court upon application Of Mr.. Sal
yerson. the complaining witness; Mrs.
Salverson. mother of the. young lady,
in the mean time is to be cared for
at the home Of Frank r. Kelsey at
Moorhead and she accompanied Mr.
Kelsey and her parents to the Kelsey
ranch Sunday afternoon. Her trial
had originally been set for next Sat
urday afternoon. The defendant was
ents in that she insisted in making
her home with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. w: Long, which was
who Is a daughter of the Longs. The
incorrigible charge was founded on
these acts of alleged disobedience.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
HIGH SCHOOL YOUNGSTERS
TAKE GAME FROM BROADUS

An interesting game of ball was
played on the local diamond Sunday
afternoon between teams representing
the high school and Broadus and end
ed in favor of the high school, 1917.
was to at the last Of the seventh
inning In the eighth inning the hign
school found Boyle and scored seven
more across the plate in the ninth.
Broadus was shut out in the last two
innings. Carl Russell and Shipley
supplied the battery for the high
SCHOOL and Eddie Boyle and Lawrence
Thompson for Broadus. In the eighth
inning Tommy Sherlock relieved Bowie
on the mound for Broadus. Features
OF the, game were provided by Cook
when he stumbl ed over prairie deg
mound while running for a high nv.
and by High" Holt when in the out
field he made sensational catch with
his mitted left hand of a long and high
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
JOHN WITCHER GETS THE
JORDAN MAIL CONTRACT

John Witcher has been awarded the
mail contract from Miles City to Jor-
dan. a distanct of "a miles. His hid
was $4,000 a year and his four-year
contract will start July /. The Jor-
dan mail service is for six times a
week until November when it drops
to three times week for the winter
months. Witcher is the present con-
tractor on the Miles CityVolborG mail
route.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
GEORGE LEWIS RETURNS.

George Lewis. formerly engaged in
business in Rroadus Tuesday and was
kept busy shaking hands with old
time friends and acquaintances. He
recently returned to this county from
Ogden, Utah. where he has been in
business since last fall. and for the
with DeI4os Selway on Pumpkin creek.
He is looking after his horses and re-
ports they wintered better than his
expectations. George said he looked
for Mrs Lewis to come back any dav
Her health has decli ined since she left
this country.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
MENTALLY DERANGEDs
COMMITTED TO ASYLUM

Henry s. Mitchell. a resident Ct this
Cache creek. was committed to the
state sanitarium at Warm Springs on
Tuesday and Sheriff W. E. Sutter left
day afternoon. Mitchell was found to
be mentally deranged at his hearing
before ]. III. Morris. chairman OF the
board Of county commissioners. AS re-
quired by law in such cases. two ply
sicians. DIR. G. H. James Of Broadus
and DIR. j. w. Craig Of Piniele were
in attendance at the trial.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
EGG: MARKET IN MILES CITY
At o8.o0 WITH NEW CASE

Market quotations from Miles City
under date Of May = show eggs listed
at $500 with new case case and a5 s.sS wssn sr1a
are listed with each case. A case costs
30 cents. fillers 80 cents and 90 cents
te charged for transpoftatton OF a cas-
profit Of $3.50 fer the thirty dozen, OF
1t lis cents q dOSen.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
WYOMING WOOL CLIPS
sEG.I. FOR Sc 4 POUND

Several Johnson county -iwyominE)
wool clips have been sold for IS cents
this price for Ave different clips. Many
sheepmen. who have not yet sold thefI
clips are optimistic over higher Price
than this. some believing the price
will advance to 10 cents.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
UNCLE HANK SAYS

II Eve came hack to the world to-
day. after being away this many q
year, she's probably turn to Adam and
say: 'The styles haven't changed very
much. my dear
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
BLOOD POISONING nv
4 RUSSIAN THISTLE

Jim Smokoff from the Cross 8 coun-
try came to Rroadus Sunday to have
his blood poisoned hand dressed by DIR.
c. II. James. Infection had been
caused by a spine from Russian
thistle.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
DAlRYMEN 10 oRGANIzE MAY 70

SATURDAY. afternoon the dairymen
will perfect an organisation at Shortv's
hall in Rroadus, the meeting called
for O'clock
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12

=. Minneapolis. May ?.-Wheat, Cash
Nc. ! northern., $l.52-1.59. miles City
price 81 cents lessD
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-05-12
BUTTER FAT "a CENTS.
WHEAT x1.2l,

The price for butter fat declined the
past week from 20 to "a cents
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