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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
RODEO VICTIM IS
INFERRED SUNDAY
Edward Leach Dies From
Fall From Bronco
At Red Lodge

Funeral services for Edward
Leach, %, who died from injuries
received in the opening perform
ance of the Red Lodge rodeo,
were held Sunday from the fam
lily home in Red Lodge. Interment
vas in the Robinson cemetery.
Leach succumbed in a local hos
pital Wednesday at $3.50 a. M,
never ~regaining Consciousness
from blows received from the
hooves of a broncho he was riding
when thrown to the ground nearly
AZ hours before, on Monday after
noon. He suffered conclusion of
the brain and lung hemmorhages
from a crushed chest.
Leach was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Leach of Red Lodge
and was born here Oct. 27, 1911.
His entire life had been spent in
this community where he attend
ed the local schools. For the last
year he had been employed as a
cowhand on a ranch near Luther.
He leaves, besides his parents,
five sisters, Mrs. Isabelle Owen,
who resides in Oregon; Mrs.
Olive New of Jerome, Idaho, and
Margaret, Martha and Edith
Leach, all of Red Lodge, and three
brothers, Charles Leach, also re-
siding in Oregon, and John and
William Leach Of Red Lodge.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
CHOATE VISITS CITY

In the interests of his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
associate justice of the Montana
supreme court at the coming prim-
airy election, l. w. Choate visited
Red Lodge Monday and Tuesday
as part of his campaign tour of
eastern Montana points. Mr..
Choate, now living at Miles City,
is a former Carbon county resi-
dent, engaging in law practice at
Bridger from 1908 until the spring
of 1911. For six years he served
as assistant attorney general of
Montana and for twenty-four
years has engaged in general law
practice.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
OLbTIMER FOUND
DEAD IN CABIN
Wild Bill Kurtzer Victim
OF Heart Attack
During Night

William Kurtzer, known to
hundreds throughout this region
as "Wild Bill' and a Beartooth
mountain character for years, was
found dead in his cabin on the
West Fork early Saturday. He
was about 81 years of age.
Discovery of the body was made
by George Moses and a companion
who were on a camping trip in the
region. They notified Coroner r.
G. Martin who removed the body
to Red Lodge. Death was due to
heart trouble. Burial was in the
Red Lodge cemetery Monday af-
ter efforts to locate a brother,
Bob Kurtzer at Seattle, had failed.
Little was known of "Wild Bill'
though he had been a character of
the Beartooth mountain country
for the past 81 years. Bill was not
the laxative sort, at least about
himself, it was stated by old
timers of this region. He had for
merly been a cowboy and stage
driver of the early days and about
80 years ago settled on the West
Fork, where he constructed him
self a cabin and later formed a
lake in a natural hollow near his
place by digging bitches from a
nearby stream to the site. This
became popularity known as wild
Bills lake." Many a tale has been
spun around "Wild Bill" and his
biography, if it could have been
drawn from him, would no doubt
have made as interesting reading
as any western novel.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
SLATE o L TOURNEY

An invitation to all golfers in
this vicinity to attend the state
golf tournament, which will be
held this year at Billings from
July "a to 20, inclusive, is extend
ed by the Billings Commercial
club. The tournament is being
held for the first time at Billings
and the Yellowstone city is max
ing elaborate plans to entertain
one of the largest crowds yer to
attend a state golf tournament.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
FIRST PERIOD OF NEWS RACE
CLOSES IN EXCITING FINISH

The "first period" in the Carbon
County News campaign, which
closed last Saturday night, was a
tremendous success, although con-
ditions due to the holidays made
it very hard for the candidates to
get the business that was prom
ised them so as to have a big re-
port for the close of the BIG
VOTE period.
Thousands, yes, hundreds of
thousands, of votes were issued,
the real voting strength of some
of the live-wire candidates being
manifested in this issue.
1t is a strange coincidence,
something very unusual in affairs
of this kind, but each of the lead
ing candidates benefited so equal
ly during the "period" just closed,
that not without hairline figuring
could today's leaders be determ-
ined.
The competition, therefore, so
far as closeness is concerned, is
just where it stood prior to Satur-
day night, hence the struggle for
supremacy will be fought out dur
ing the "second period" terminal
ing on July Fl.
A Whirlwind Finish
Now for a whirlwind finish. Now
for sensations and surprises. Pres
ent leaders must increase their
totals nightly if they wish to
Finish in the money" AS may be
seen by glancing at the vote to-
tails, all of the leading candidates
are too close to be safe, so de-
velopments are bound to happen.
1t is in you to WIN-and you
will-if you put forth the right
effort. This is the final test.
These are the days to test your
resourcefulness. Here is where
your courage upholds you. Fight!
else the lack of it makes you an
"also ran"
See Your Friends
Votes will pile up rapidly dur
ing the next nine days for those
who go out among their friends
and work for subscriptions. We
find that conditions are getting
better-there is more money in
the country and your friends r
taking an interest in you.
The livest part of the compe-
tition is now at hand and, while
all of the candidates are on ex-
actly the same footing today,
those who are the most aggressive
are afforded an opportunity to
forge ahead and corral the win
ming votes. During the second
period, subscriptions still count for
big votes. In fact, taking into
consideration the very ~closeness of
this race, the votes count almost
as big as they did last period. And
remember, that new subscriptions
still count for double votes, but
that after this period, there will
be no double votes. SO now is the
time to get new subscriptions as
well as long term subscriptions
and make sure of being in the
money.
Still Votes to Be Had
A few nor laps and the race
will be over. Only a short time
remains to decide between victory
and defeat. Don't overlook a
single chance to better your vote
standing and improve your chances
to win the big prize. Avail your
self of the opportunity this "sec-
ond period" affords to pile up a
vote total that will assure you
victory. Subscriptions turned in
this week and next count for more
votes than anything on the sched-
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
ANGSTMAN VISITS

Albert H. Angstman, associate
justice of the supreme court, Wis
tied in Red Lodge last Wednesday
in the interests of his candidacy
for denomination on the Republi-
can ticket at the July II prim-
aries. He left for Billings later in
the day and later planned to go to
northern Montana cities to con-
tinue his campaign.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
How Are You Going to Vote?

Are YOU going to the polls next Tuesday, July II, and exercise.
one of the most powerful rights given any citizen of any country? But
of course YOU are! Every citizen who has the best interests of this
county and state at heart will be there to select the party candidates.
But how are you going to vote? How are you going to exercise
this right that is the heritage of all responsible citizens? Are you
going to vote for the candidate that, for the past few weeks, has been
giving warm handclasps and CHEEKY greetings, and perhaps treat
ed YOU to little favors much as the small boy who carries off an apple
to school to court the favor of a superciious schoolmaam
Or are you going to the polls Tuesday with a full knowledge of
vour candidates abihty-what he has done and what he can do, and
Regardless of any personal illwill toward him? If you do this, then,
in the Jules sense of the word, you are a citizen, and not a robot
that makes promiscuous marks upon a ballot. If you do this, regard
less Of whether you have chosen the best candidate or the worst one,
AS long a YOU have chosen with the firm conviction that you were do
ing right, then no one can deny that your actions were not a mature
and impeccable expression Of American citizenship.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11

When the plans were made to
sink the "Merrimac" in the narrow
entrance to Santiago harbor and
thus bottle-up the Spanish squad
ron, over 100 times the necessary
number of men volunteered their
services in spite of the hazardous
nature of the expedition.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
HELD UNDER BOND

A mar giving the name of Wal
ter Music, carnival roustabout of
Gillette, Wyo., is held under $4,000
bonds in the Carbon county Jail,
pending arraignment in district
court on charges of Turing a
thirteen-year-old Fox girl into a
car Thursday night here. Infor-
nation as to the exact charges
filed against him were not avail
able today.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
BILLINGS, JOLIET
LEADING LEAGUE
Bearcreek Beats Fromberg
To Break Three
Way Tie

J With wins registered Sunday
by Billings, Joliet and Bearcreek
teams, the Twin River Baseball
league completed its first round
of games with the Billings and
Joliet outfits sharing top posi-
tions and Fromberg, former
league leaders and last years
champions who went down to
their second defeat of the season
at the hands of Bearcreek, in third
place.
At Bridger Billings thumped
the local outfit 8 to l to keep
them in the cellar position, while
Joliet registered a 5 to 2 victory
over Laurel at Joliet.
On the Bearcreek lot, the Min
ers' outfit upset the applicant
again for the hitherto undefeated
Fromberg team, taking them for
their second defeat and pulling
them from the three-way lead of
the league, shared last week with
Billings and Joliet. Final score
was 7 to l, with the visitors get
ting their lone tally in the first of
the fourth.
Adams, hurting for Fromberg,
made 8 strikeouts and was taken
for IL hits by Bearcreek batsmen.
He pitched a fair brand of ball but
was given poor support at critical
times. On the mound for Bear
creek, Persia rang down five
strikoeuts and held the Fromberg
artillery down to five hits. A fair
sized crowd-composed mostly of
the non-paying variety-witnessed
the contest.
The score by innings:
R H E
Fromberg coo 100 OOO-1 5 7
Bearcreek 220 POI 1907 II A
This Sunday the league teams
will enter their second round of
games with Laurel meeting Bear
creek at Bearcreek; Billings play
ing Fromberg at Fromberg, and
Bridger tangling with Joliet at
Joliet.
Team standings to date are as
| fo1Inuyc.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11
Latest Candidates Standings

With Lillian Duncan shll leading with a small margin, candi-
dates flashed across the finish line of an exciting first period in
close succession. So close, in fact, that Lillian Duncan, Dagmar
Fenoia, Alice Lumley, Ambernetta Klampe and Mrs. j. M. Ander-
son appear as if they had been playing checkers with each other,
as all are virtually in the same positions they held last week and
a few fve-year subscriptions would make a great change IN the
positions of them all. Here's how they stand:
LILLIAN DUNCAN, Roberts $4,000
ALICE LUMLEY, Red Lodge 535, 800
DAGMAR FENOLIA, Red Lodge 535, 400
AMBERNETTA KLAMPE, Joliet $3.50
MRS. J. M. ANDERSON, Luther $685. 600
FROM NOW IT'S SPEED THAT COUNTsi
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11

The News has a guaranteed !
circulation largee than that of |
any other newspaper in Carbon
cOunty.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-07-11

| Red Lodge, on the new scenic
| route to the Yellowstone Park,
I Is the gateway to the BeartoOth
! vacation land.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
CHURCH PUSHES
RELIEF WORK

Welfare societies set up as a re-
lief measure some years ago by
the Seventh Day Adventists, with
headquarters in Takoma Park,
operated sanitariums, dispense
ries, missions and other philan-
thropic enterprises throughout the
United States and Canada, where
in 1888, 1,227,438 persons received
help.
About 100000 articles of cloth
ing were distributed to the needy,
and more than 100000 medical
treatments were administered to
persons unable to pay for them,
according to E. F. HaCkman, aSSo-
ciate secretary of the Home Mis-
sion Department of the General
Conference, in charge of the world
welfare work.
Mr.. Hackman stated that in
order to carry on this work it was
necessary for the welfare societies
to enlist the aid of churches Of
the denomination throughout the
territory. Members of the churches
canned fruits and vegetables and
stored them away for the winters
demand. House-to-house solicita'
tions for articles of clothing, etc
which could be cleaned and used
were made. These and many other
aids were given free by members
of the churches.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
New Born Babe
Gurgles Into
Microph0ne

CHICAGO.-It was too ex-
pensive to bring sound record
ing apparatus into a surgical
room in the hospital, but the
doctor did want to have, on a
motion picture film for the in
Struction of students, the sound
record of the cries of a new
born baby. He, therefore, took
a baby to the motion picture
studio, and held it close to the
microphone.
The ordinary crying was re-
corded satisfactorily, but one
sound was lacking, the charac-
teristic gurgle which is among
the first noises that a child
makes. Even that didn't stump
the physician. He dropped a
teaspoonful Of water into the
child's mouth. It gurgled, and
when the sound was dubbed in"
on the sound track it was a
perfect imitation of the real
gurgle.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
FUND LACK CUTS
SCHOOL TERM

Scoring the city council, the
Alexandria School Board last
night shortened the school term
to 154 days because of lack OF
funds.
The action removes the high
schools of the city from the
State accredited list and COM
pels graduates to take college
entrance examinations.
The school board has been
operating with deficit of
$4,000 and members were told
they must absorb the deficit in
this years appropriation.
T. C. Williams, superintendent,
in defending the action, as
against the suggested slashing
of teachers pay, declared:
"There is q minimum living
salary for teachers and if the
city is so short of funds, all
departments should be called
on to sacrifice alike"
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
SEES REARREST;
TRUSTY FLEES

JACKSON, Mich, Jan. 4
Q.N.S0.-Harry Thorpe, notorious
forger and the most trusted
prison trusty in America" prob
ably ran away from Jackson State
Prison because he feared a Jail
term in Maryland.
This was the latest theory ad-
vanced to account for the dis
appearance of Thorpe, who not
only violated his trust to escape,
but stole a car belonging to the
warden's friend and then forged
a $50 check on the prison
treasury.
Warden Peter A. Gray, who
had granted Thorpe unusual
privileges as his personal secre.
tary, said today that Baltimore
authorities are holding two
forgery warrants against Thorpe.
He disappeared a few days
before Christmas while on an
errand to Detroit for Warden
Gray. He was to have been re.
leased from Jackson on parole
December 26,
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
j. s. FUNDS AID
FIGHT HERE ON
|LL|TERACY
Nursery Glasses for Underfed
Children Also Planned
BY School Board

Glasses for illiterate adults and
nursery classes for underfed
children between the ages OF
two and five years, will be
formed as soon as an allotment
is made to the Board of Educa-
ton by the Federal Relief Ad-
ministration following a formal
request to be made by the Dis
trict Commissioners.
At yesterdays meeting OF the
Board of Education, the mem
bers voted upon the formation
of classes to combat illiteracy
among adults in the District, in
an effort to aid them in secur-
ing better jobs.
Nursery schools, an idea begun
several weeks ago, received the
boards sanction.
Six teachers will be named to
teach the three white and three
colored illiteracy classes, which
will be established in the Amerl'
canization School.
DR.. Ballou, at the meeting, ex
pressed the hope that the nursery
schools would be in a position to
be started by the end of the
month. Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith
member of the board, stated thai
funds for this purpose would not
last after February, but Dr.. Ballou
assured her that it was generally
believed that the program OF the
Federal Relief would be extended
Another development in the
school program for the year was
the notification of DR.. Ballou
that the Federal Emergency Re
lief Administration had approved
of a grant to allot $4,000 month
to the schools for the employ
ment of 100 jobless teachers OF
the various emergency projects
of the Board of Education, al
ready started and also projects
now being contemplated.
It will be necessary for the
District Commissioners to file q
formal application for this grant
and the board formally called
upon the Commissioners to filt
the application.
DR.. Balou also announced that
there was an increase in schoo
enrolment Of 2,150 students ovel
last year.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
Of. BAR
BACK MERGER
Of COUNTIES
Political and Business Chiefs
In Widely Separated Vir-
ginia Areas Also Favor Plan
By JOHN E. TAYLOR

Leaders at the bar, in politics and
in business in widely separated Sec
tions Of Virginia are agreed ef-
ficiency and economy could be
had in the consolidation of the
governments of many of the exist
ing 100 Virginia counties.
T. Justin Moore, president of the
Richmond Bar Association. one of
the largest such organizations in
the State, is in favor of doing away
with many of the county govern
ments. They were formed, he
pointed out, because of physical
conditions which no longer exist.
Cut Them in Half, He Says
He said:
"By cutting the number Of
comfy governments at least in
half, paying more to get better
executives and managers than
we now are getting, the people
of the counties would go far in
getting better and cheaper local
government.
"The idea of eliminating many
of the county governments is
absolutely along the right lines"
Wilbur c. Hall, delegate from
Loudoun county, whose home is
in LeeSburg, said it is an unfor-
tunate fact that many persons
are guided by sentiment, but he
believes that time will come when
consolidation of county govern
ments will be accomplished. He
said:
"The Washington Times ar
ticleS have served an excellent
purpose in showing people Of
Virginia how they can make
local government better and
less expensive"
McCOrmac Favors Plan
The Virginia Woolen Mills
Company is the largest of its kind
in the State and it's president, H.
B. McCormac, a resident of Win
chester, pays large sums in taxes
and is interested in government
from the business mans point of
view. He cares little, he said, for
the political side.
He, too, said sentiment often
causes a disregard Of economic
values and such is the case in
some places when consolidation
of county governments is dis
cussed. However, he asserted,
there is no doubt the cost of
county government can be very
materially reduced through con-
solidation.
One way to beat the bugaboo
Of local pride or sentiment, he
believes, is to allow the old
county names to stand, as do the
magisterial district names, and
give the new and consolidated
counties new names.
Mapp Predicts Change
G. Walter Mapp, of Accomac,
on the Eastern Shore, twice
State Senator and author of the
Mapp Act, the Virginia prohibi-
ton law, said there are entirely
too many counties and he is con-
vinced the time is not far off
when there will be reorganiza-
ton of the counties.
He cited the waste in having
Accomac and Northampton coun-
ties on the Eastern Shore, each
with it's own court house and
government. One good govern
ment would be more efficient
and less expensive he declared.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
WOMAN, 52,D|ES
Of BURNS

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. 4.
Mrs. Laura A. Davis, So, wife Of
Henry w. Davis, Of Cascade, this
county, died from burns received
at her home when her clothing
ignited at a stove.
Left partially helpless by a
paralytic stroke recently, the
woman was unable to eXtinguish
the flames. She was alone in the
house.
Cyrus Davis, her father-in-law,
heard her screams, but by the
time he reached her she had been
severely burned. She is survived
by five sons and daughters:
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
THEFTS
JAIL THREE

Prince Georges County Police
men Oscar Beall and Elon Tur-
ner were able to trace 200 pounds
of turkey for two days, even
though Thanksgiving is long
since past, and yesterday ar
rested on a charge of investiga-
ton three Upper Marlboro resi-
dents. Hugh Canter. Albert Can
ter and Roy Perry are held in
the Upper Marlboro Jail.
The men will be arraigned TO-
day before Justice of the Peace
Horace Taylor. With reports
that more than 10 turkeys had
been stolen three days ago, the
two officers traced a load of
birds to a washington commits
sion merchant.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
SCHOOL IS GUT
IN ALEXANDRIA

The Alexandria school board
voted 3 to 2 last night to close
the public schools in April after
term Of 154 days, six days
short of the minimum require
ments of the State for accredited
schools.
It also was decided that the
usual school holidays, Lees birth
day, Easter Monday and Good Fri
day will not be observed.
E. E. Lawler, jr., and Arthur
M. King, the two new members
of the board, voted against short
ening the term to less than the
State minimum on the grounds
that it would be better to have
two terms of more than the
minimum than a full year in
193435 and a shortened year for
the current term.
It had been hoped the teachers
would volunteer to teach the ad-
ditional six days in order to
qualify the High school grad
yates for college entrance.
The Washington times., 1934-01-04
Scion of Pioneer
Dies at MartinsbUrq

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Jan.
4.-Dr. Morgan Morgan 9Th, di-
rect descendant of Morgan Nor
gan I'd, first white settler in
what is now West Virginia, died
in a hospital here, following an
illness of heart trouble.
DR.. Morgan, who was IS, was
a native of this county and spent
nearly all his life here. He is
survived by two sons, one Of them
Morgan Morgan 7th, an adopted
daughter and several grandchil-
dren.