The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-01-19
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Edgar
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Observation-Disclosures
Mrs. F. X. Phelps was a Billing.
visitor Thursday.
Mr.. Baldwin of Bridger was a call
er in Edgar Saturday looking after
business interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Jensen and J. I
ODonnel motored to Red Lodge
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl of Billings tool
over the management of the Edgar
hotel last Thursday morning.
D. 0. Seright was a Burlington pas
senger to Laurel Monday evening tc
attend installation of officers at the
Masonic lodge.
L. c. Jensen has leased the St
Pierre property adjoining the post of
flee and will open a pool room there
the first of the week.
The first division of the Edgar
Woman's club entertained the club
members and their husbands at 500 at
the club rooms Wednesday evening
Mrs. S. J. Mcpherson and w. E
Stokes won high honors.
Mrs. James Schumm met with q
very painful accident Thursday night
when a horse she was riding fell in
such way as to break Mrs. Schumm's
foot. Mrs. Schumm was taken to
Fromberg for medical treatment and
IS reported to be resting very COM
fortably.
Mrs. A. H. Morris received word
Tuesday morning of the death of her
mother who was visiting in California
Mr. Morris left Tuesday morning to
meet the body at Salt Lake City and
to accompany it to st. Joseph, Mo-,
where burial will be made. Mrs. Nor
ris left Wednesday morning for st.
Joseph to attend the funeral.
A truck driven by Ralph Thomas of
Joliet, when hauling ice for Humphrey
and Larlmore, was struck by the
Northern Pacific gas-electric car at
the Edgar crossing Tuesday morning.
Considerable damage was done the
truck, but luckily it was struck we'll
to the rear and was turned around.
but not tipped over. Mr.. Thomas was
unhurt but the following day was a
little stiff from the jolt Of the col
lision.
Another step toward better mail
service has been secured by the local
postoffice. Starting last Wednesday
morning an exchange of pouches was
made with the Billings-Re LODGE
train, which makes difference of "a
hours in some of the mail service
Heretofore letter mailed to anv
town on the Red Lodge branch in the
morning did not reach their destina-
ton until the following day. Conse-
quently mail from the county seat and
other towns will reach Edgar the same
day as mailed. Another service which
started about four years ago came to
realization January when Edgar was
made regular stop on the Burling-
ton schedule.
The local high school basketball
team Journeyed to Fromberg Friday
evening and met with quite a defeat.
Inc Edgar boys are showing better
form than early in the season and will
nave some extra men on their string
from now on as some of the players
who have been ineligible on account
OF grades, have come to required
standard. The score of the Fromberg-
Edgar game stood Al in Fromberg's
FAVOR at the end of the first quar-
ter, and it looked as though a good,
close game was to be had. Fromberg,
got their. shooting eye and at the end
OF the game had run the score to 81
with Edgar's 9.
The Edgar Farm Rally Day com
mittee met for the first time this year
on Thursday. At this meeting date for
the rally was discussed pro and con
and after ballet was taken the date
was set as Friday, February "a, in
stead of having it on the 10Th, which
comes on the middle of the week. 1t
IS the desire of the committee to have
as many students attend as possible
ana having the rally on Friday, it was
that more would be apt to
attend than to have it the middle of
'he week. At this meeting only two