The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-14
EDGAR CRIST

children motored to Red Lodge Satul
day.
A. M. Markuson and Gordon Holto-
were Billings visitors Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Holton of From
berg were visiting friends at Edgar
Sunday.
F. B. Humphrey and T. w. Lari
more motored to Billings Monday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Bladder of st. Cloud, Mimi. is
visiting at the home of her daughter
Mrs. J. P. Kane.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Smith of Billings
spent Tuesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Patterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. F. Vaught motor
ed to Billings where Mr.. Vaught is
taking medical treatments.
Two crews of workmen started or
the new gravel project between Rock
vale and Fromberg Monday morning,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Boyle and chill
dren spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends and relatives at Greybull,
Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Bailey left Fri
day afternoon via auto for a short
visit at the home of Mr.. Bailey's
brother at Glendive.
Edith Keller returned to Billings
Thursday after a two weeks vacation
with her parents, to resume work at
st. Nincent's hospital.
Mrs. McQuaid entertained about
twenty young folks at birthday
party picnic Sunday in honor of her
son, Normans, thirteenth birthday.
Mrs. F. G. Holstein returned home
Wednesday evening from st. Vincent's
hospital at Billings where she UNDER
went an operation for a tumor last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Ayers and Mr..
and Mrs. f. X. Phelps spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Phelps on Lone Wolf Dude ranch, east
OF Edgar.
Pierce Patterson is confined to his
bed with a case of scarlet fever. So
far, as it is known, this IS the only
case of the fever in the community at
this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Holton Of Wheat
Basin spent Saturday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Orr. Sunday the
5wo families spent the day at Bird
ger Creek near Reeds Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Humphrey and
Mrs. Leila Humphrey and two daugh-
5ers left Monday morning for their
nome in Kidder, Missouri, after a
,wo weeks visit with relatives at Ed
gar.
V. Record sustained very painful
at the ranch on Pryor Creek
He was carrying an ak over
lis shoulder and stumbled and fell
,ausing the ak to fall to the ground,
striking the little finger on the left
land. He went to Billings to secure
medical aid and to be with his parents
here. 1t was thought that amputa-
ion of the first joint would be neces-
jary.
Walter Young, an employee at the
construction camp, re-
.eived quite a painful injury Monday
morning. In attempting to crack a
boulder with a sledge, before running
n to the crusher, a piece clipped off
he boulder, striking Young on the
eg with such force as to cut through
MS clothing and severe an artery. DR..
Benson of Fromberg was called to
,reat the wound.
Gladys, the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Garst, east of
Edgar, received a very painful injury
Thursday afternoon when attempting
20 open a wire gate for a neighbor.
In some way the car ran into the gate
the first two fingers of the
eft hand between the post and the
wire, practically crushing them off.
She was Immediately rushed to From
berg for attention by DR.. Benson. All
efforts available to save the fingers
are being used but it was thought
that amputation of a part of the fin
gers would be necessary.
Between twelve and fourteen hun
lred people took in the Box Canyon
stampede put on by Schumm Brothers
during the Fourth. The boys were
very fortunate in securing some good
bucking stock this year which made
the riders ride for their money. Aside
from the bucking contests many novel
features were on the program. Calf
riding by Everett Cummings and Paul
Holzum was one Of the outstanding
added features. In the bucking con-
test, Leonard Hart and Clarence !!
Cummings tied for first and second,
Lenard Hart won first in bareback,
Clarence Cummings first in bull
logging; Roy Teeples first in calf
roping Saturday. Winner of calf rop-
ing Sunday was unknown and on
none of the entries were able
to catch their calf to rope. Smithy's
orchestra of Pryor furnished music
Turing the day as well as at the
lances Saturday and Monday night.
The Schumm boys are now planning
On putting in a new road to Box Can
yon to make entry much easier than
was This war