THE SANDERS COUNTY 1 LEDGEROFFICIAL PAPER OF SANDERS COUNTY MARCH 4. 1916 TO MARCH 4. 1918

TWELFTH YEAR, No. 22. THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 191ItPRICE FIVE CENTS.

The Man Who HelpedMake Montana

Famous

Frank A. Hazelbaker

Frank A. Hazelbaker of Dillon,who has friends without numberall over the state and has filed hisaleclaratibn of candidacy for seer&tary of state. Mr. Hazelbaker madean enviable reputation for himselfand the state as secretary of theMontana-Panama-Pacific exposi-tion in San Francisco, where, byhis generalship and untiring effortshe raptured for the state the bulkof the big agricultural and horti-cultural prizes.

SIIROEDERS OFF TO WASHING-TON

Paul Schroeder tied family leftthe first of the week for Marcus,Wash., where they will make theirfuture home on the fine, improvedranch recently purchased. Mr.Schroeder, who returned from therelast week, says they have every-thing to do with on the place, goodhouses and barns, all farming ma-chinery, over 100 head of cattle,fine driving and work horses, sheep,chickens, 40 acres in alfalfa, largeerchard of all varieties of flail,running , water, telephone, ruralroute daily mail, electric lights,good roads and aii Overland ear.Their new home is located aboutsixty miles from Spokane, onthe Columbia river where thelltet-tle river and the Kootenai river formthe Columbia. Paul says he likesrailroad Werk when he has a goodboss but that the ranch looks goodto him.

STULTS--SEARS

Miss Edna Stults, of this place,stole a march on her many frfehdein Sanders county when she becameMrs. Alfred I. Sears at 11 o'clocklast Friday. The •-tnarriage cere-mony was said by Rev. H. H. Grif-fis at the study pf the CalvaryChristian church in Missoula. JShill' and Miss Frida Hoelzgen ofMissoula, acted as witnesses. Thebridegroom is a well known busi-ness man of Plains and the bridehas a host of friends anckacquaint-ances throughout the county, hav-ing lived at Trout Creek, Eddy andThompson Falls for the past tenyears or more'. ft.. is reported thatthey will make their future homein 'Anaconda.

There are approximately fivethousand men on the payrolls of theCoeur d' Alone mines. Nearly allof these men receive $4.50 per day,which means a monthly disburse-ment of $675,000 per month, which,added to the salaries of various of-ficers, brings the total amount tosomething over $750,000 per month.

The Montana Power company hasmoved its outfit, engaged in theelectrification of the Milwaukeerailroad to Saltese, out of whichplace they are working both ways.They have about seventy men inthe crew _end will make &Hesetheir headguarters during the sum-mer.

NO SPEEDING WITHIN CITYLIMITS

At the regular monthly meetingof t,he town council held Mond'evening a discussion came up re-garding the speeding of automo-biles through the streets of ourtown -and a resolution was passedthat three large signs be orderedand erected, one at the extremeeastern railroad-crossing, one atthe extreme western railroad cross-ing and one at the south approachof the county bridge. These signsWill caution all chauffeurs and auto-mobile owners that they must at potime exceed a epeed of eight milesan hour while entering or drivingthrough the streets of ThompsonFalls or nnywhere within the towniiinits.--That violation of this order,which is in conformity- with thelaws of the state governing 4.hespeed of automobiles, will be strict-ly enforced and the chauffeurs orowners fined according to the pro-visions of that law.Following the auditing of the

usual grist of monthly bills, an or-dinance was read for the first time,regulating the collecting of dog li-cense and making it possible forlei 'collector to enter upon privateproperty, capture the dog and putit in the city pound and if the li-cense is not paid within the spec-ified time, to dispose of- the dog.

CUPID AND NIPPERT IN CA-HOOTS

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On Saturday -Mark J. Allen andNancy Eyatonmy, full blooded In-dians from Nez Perce county, Ida.,were united in marriage at the courthouse by Judge W. E. Nippert.On Sunday Otto llowke and Miss

!gore Smithers, both of Kalispell,were united in marriage at thecourt house by Judge W. E. Nippert.

,Monday., -William Balt, of• Plains, and Miss Eva Ventling, ofCamas, were united in nuirriage atthe (hurt house by Judge W. E Nip-pert.• The judge says if they would onlycome fast enough he would .getrich. -

CHAPLIN'S CARMEN SURE TO BE,COMEDY CLASSIC .

Never before has Charlie Chaplincrammed RR many' lauglis into a'film as he has in his burlesque onCarmen just l•eleased by Essanay.The whole four act!) are brimful oflaughs, as all motion picture follow-ers know. The fourth reel, partic-ularly, is an example of the finestcomedy over constructed. The playis a riot of tun and is deetined tobecome II classic in screen humor-

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- George P. Stone of the Missou-lien editorial staff and Miss Mil-dred Ingalls, of Butte, were unitedin marriage at the Columbia Gar-dens, Butte, Tuesday. Followinga honeymoon trip through Glacierpark they will. make their home inMisismila. Mr. Stone is a son ofDean A. L. Stone of the school ofJoUrnalism at the state universityand Mrs. Stone a daughter of F. N.Ingalls, a photographer of Butte.

- • •Louis Xing, who is employed On

the Success Mine, on Nine Milecreek, four miles out of Wallace,game over the divide Tuesday forR short visit here and to attend tosome business matters. '

+As soon as you tell someone about

it you knew it ceages to be a secret.

Now comes Harry L. Coulter, ofPlains, announcing that he,' will bea candidate for the nomination forthe office of county c,lerk and re-corder, on the Republican ticket.Mr. Coulter is well known through-out the county as the postmaster ofPlains, which position he has heldfor the past seven years. Prior tothat time he was a railroad manand linawn it railroad circles aswell. He bears an enviable reputa-tion as a business and clerical man.

Mrs. Frank Boyer and MarguriteWolf, of Plains, were here Sundayfor a visit with Mrs. Otto Wolf. ofEddy, who is confined in St Luke'shospital.

+4Mrs. William Strom visited will

friends in Plains Sunday.++

Professor and Mrs. T. A. Brunermade a trip to Missoula in theirnew car the first• of the week.

+"Are you sure de lady in dal dar

house cooks wit an oil stover ask-ed Plodding Pete. Vosarve," re-plied Meandering _Mike. "And shehas a pump right in de -kitchen?","Yes." "O'wan Up and 'ask her ifithe -don't want UR to chop somewood or carry some water."

+ +It WRR recently announced . that

the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.Paul railroad has let a contract for22 miles of trackage on the exten-sion of the branch line into theBlackfoot Valley. The Blackfootfarmers will now raise sugar beetsto be shipped to the factory to biterected in Missoula,

PROCEEDINGS OFDISTRICT COURT

Judge R. Lee McCulloch, with hiscourt. stenographer, H. E. Jones,came down from Hamilton Fridayevening and held a short session ofthe district court Saturday, at whichtime disposition was made of thefollowing cases:Asa Hamrnons vs. Mary Louise

Itainniona, divorce. After hearingtestimony in_behalf of the plaintiff,it. was ordered by the court that themarriage between the plaintiff anddefendant be dissolved and theplaintiff be. granted the custody ofthe son, Leslie Hamnions and thePrivilege of the custody and-con-trol of Stanley, Iris and Neil Ham-mons during vacation, according tothe terms of the decreeMcGowan Commercial company

-vs. Joe Flahive, debt. It was, order-ed by the court that the defendants'note he cancelled and that the plant-tiff have judgment against thCe de-fendant as Prayed for in the com-plaint.Inter-Stare Power company vs.

John Pugh et alicondemnation.-Thedefendants were granted 60 daysadditional in which to file a bill ofexceptions.Thompson Falls ,Mercantile com-

pany vs. William McNortoq, injunc-C-lion. In this cause the .defendantappearing in court to show causewhy he should not be punished forcontempt of court and no cause be-ing shown or appearing to thecourt, it was ordered that the de-fendant be fined 420 for contemptand that failing to pay such fine,he: be confined in the county jail,one day for each $2 of said fine, pro-vided however that if the said Wm.McNorton obey the order of thecourt heretofore made, within oneweek, said fine would be suspendediState of Montana vs. George W.

Hubbard, selling liquor without alicense. The. defendant was grant-ed 60 flays, additional to the time

heretofore granted, in which to filebill of exceptions.Farmers anti-Merchants Bank, of

Plains vs. W: F. Prill, debt. De-inurrer to second amended com-plaint Was taken under advisement.C. it. Weare vs. S. J. Higgins, debt.

Demurrer to complaint :was takenby the court under advisement.Mrs. Claude E. Long vs. Town of

Plains, damages. Motion to strikefrom complaint the demurrer ofthe Town of Plains to the complaintand the demurrer of Burleigh,Meetly, Harris and Martin' to thecomplaint, was sustained. Plaintiffwas given twenty days to amend.Theodore Bedard, as trustee etc.

for the Power City Drug companyvs. Ray S. Conger and T. C. Downs,debt. Demurrer to complaint wasoverruled-And defendant given 20days to answer,Edward 'Donlan- vs. Plates Trading

company, foreclosure. Demurrer ofW. R. Betimish • to-complaint wassubmitted and taken by the courtunder advisement- •A. G: McAllister et al vs. J.. D.

Bretton et al, equity.' Demurrer ofBretton, Montgomery, Deardorff,Reservation Farmers' Grain com-pany and the First National Bankof Honer), were submitted withoutargument and by the court takenunder advisement,Mary J..Cruzan vs, James A. Cru-

zan, divorce. Demurrer to com-plaint was submitted and by theplaintiff cOnfessed. Plaintiff given30 days to amend.Charles Mack vs. Andrew Madsen,

to remove cloud from title. De-murrer to cmnplaint was submittedand taken by the court under ad-visement.'Math Ulrich vs. Fred 0. Pascoeet al, debt. Motion to show author-ity submitted and -taken by thecourt 'under advisement.

BUILDING DEDICATEDAT ALGER LASTSATURDAY

The picnic held at Alger last Sat-urday by the Alger Marketing as-sociation, was a grand SUCCORS, therebeing nearly two-hundred in at-tendance from the immediate vi-cinity and quite a few from Thomp-son Falls, Noxon and more distantpoints, in addition to the guests ofhonor, the governor and his party,which included Gov. S. V. Stewart,E. A. Morley, of the State PublicUtilitiea Commission, Dr. W. J. But-ter, state veterinarian, F. B. Lin-field, director of the experimentstation of the Montana agriculturalcollege at Bozeman, H. C. Cullom,farm loan commissioner, Miss MaeSenieuf7of the Montana Livellockce Casualty company, Col. L. W.Robinson, president of the MontanaFanners' Federation, and JosephPope, of Billings, head of the pro-hibition movement in Montana. Thedistinguished visitors arrived on No,it and soon after the big - picnicdinner was served.A. N. Brooks, president of the Al-

ger Marketing association, calledthe meeting to order and after ex-plaining the plans and purposes ofthe organization, called E. J. Thomp_son, of While Pine, to act as chair-man and introduce the speakers.Gov. S. V. Stewart was first calledupon and told of his interest in thefarmers, af his boyhood on an Ohiofarm, and then sketched the mark-ed improvement in rural conditionssince his arrival in the state. Thegovernor said that much of thefarm products that were now ship-ped into the state could and shouldbe supplied from our own farms.He said the grain erop of 1903 wasaround three million bushels whileMAL of 1,015 was frier thirty-threemillion bushels. He also pointedout the fart that Montana had be-come a ittfch better piece to hirein, that its people were thinkingmore of the things which go to makelife better.

Col. L. W. Robinson, president ofthe Montana Farmers' Federation

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said that the farmers are the big-gest chumps on earth. He saidevery other industry in the countrycould get all the money they wantedat low rates of interest, but thefarmer, because they are not or-ganized, are compelled to pay vary-ing rates, anywhere from 8 to 24per oent.Prat. F. B. Linfield, of the Bose-

tnent experiment station, told of theresults of the application of scien-tific farming, and how different themethods employed 40 years agowere to. those of today.Dr. W. J. Butler told the audience

what an excellent dairying sectionthis should become. He told , thefarmers not to worry about farm!mine, but make their own creditgood, -by having a fat check every'month for cream.

E. A. Morley,-pf the railroad 0111-•mission, said he had traveled allover Montana several times, andwhen he concluded to buy land hechoose Sanders ,county, and was nowthe owner of a farm within a fewmiles of the place at which theywere then gathered.Joseph Pope, said- that what im-

preseed him Was that everibodyseemed imbued with the modernspirit to make the farm count 100per Cent, but in his mind the mostvaluable assets 'of the farm are theboys and girls, and suggested thatmore' attention be given to them.Supper was the next event, follow-

ed by some outdoor sports and thegrand ball which lasted until thenext. morniog Everybody who at-tended had a finestirne and the firstannual picnic of the Alger market-ing association will be one longto be remembered.

When additions now under con-struetion are completed the Fordetch-ley at Ilotrolf- will employ 100-000 men and will have a capacity of5,000 automobiles per day. • Thefirm expectsio output one millionmathines the next year.

MRS. IA1WENBURG STRUCKLIGHTNING

This appears to be a season ofelectric storms and nearly everyweek brings newspaper reports ofinjury and death by lightning. Lastweek Mrs. Henry Lowenburg, wholives about ten miles south of Dixon,Was struck end seriously injured,of which the Dixon Herald has thefollowing 'account.:"In the house at the time were

Mrs Lowenburg, her mother andtwo children As the storm cameup they were 'watching through thewindow the lightning playing alongthe mountains. As the violence ofthe storm increased Mrs. Cowen-burg got up to close the back doorand just as she left the room the,bolt struck, throwing her to thefloor with great violence. None ofthe other inmates of the house wereinjured. Mr. -tiawenburg was notat home, being employed at one co,the reclamation camps. Tile manyfrtends of the stricken lady arepleased to -learn that she will re-cover. She is one of the most re-spected residents of the valley."

EDDY'S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

The board of trustees of schooldistrict No. 2 have called a meetingto be held at the school house atEddy on Tuesday evening, July 25,at 8 o'clock, at which time all themembers of 'the board expect to bepresent to discuss with the patronsof the school there, the WIC"meet the necessities and demandsof that portion of the district inregard to enabling quite a largenumber of the pupils there to betaught the higher branches in learn-ing than are taught at • present.

It is hoped that every patron ofthe school will be at the meetingto aid in solving this quite difficultproblem.

TANNERS LEAVE FOR _BUTTE

Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Tannerhave been busy packing their house-hold goods this week and will leavetomorrow for Butte where theywill make their future home. Sincethe first °Denting of the offices ofthe Thompson Falls Power com-pany, Mr. Tanner has filed thP po-sition of head bookkeeper for thecompany. Mr, and Mrs. Tannerand lovely children have made aflOst of twin friends during theirstay here, who will regret exceed-ingly to see them leave but willnevertheless wish them the best ofRUCCOSS.

MAPLIN SEEN IN NEW MAKEUPIN CARMEN

Charley Chaplin is seen in aa en-tirely new make-up in his latestproduction under the Essanay ban-ner, "Charlie Chaplin's Burlesqueon Carmen," a four-act photo-com-edy and the only Chaplin feature tobe obtained. Gone are his old trampclothes, eke his dress suit and over-ails. He appears in this piece inthe uniform of a soldier, althougha.real officer with such a disorderlycostume would be asked for hisresignation. But Chaplin has notgiven up his shoes. These are thesame toboggans with the specialelongation and the funny turned-upquirk at the toes. But it is the samChaplin, the same carriage and thesame walk, despite the make-up.It is impossible to...miss this in anydisguise.

The second runaway of the Sea-son occurred Saturday. when one ofthe horses driven by Mrs. LeonItubia on her delivery wagon, kick-ed over the pole and breaking theharness, tore through the residenceportion of town. Fortunately noone was injured and the horse was-soon captured.

+After a week's outing at the

Montana Standard mine on Pros-pect creek, William thununings re-turned home Tuesday very muchimproved in health.

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In the column of announcementsthis week will be found that ofWilliam Strom, clerk of the die--tan court, who will be a candidateon the Democratic ticket to suc-ceed himself. William, or moreienerally known by his manyfriends as Just plain 'Bill," bismade good on the job and we wouldnot he "A Tall" surprised to step inthe office four yearn from now andfind IiiS smiling face behind Ube,desk. His opponent* wilt have to"go some" to best him anyway."

" His Hat is in the Ringfor United States

Senator

Ex-Congressman Charles N. Pray,of Great Falls, who has a host ofadmirers in Thompson Falls, filedhis declaration of candidacy for theUnited states senate on the Republi-can ticket Tuesday.Mr. Pray is 46 years of age, and

has been a resident of Montana for20 years. He' served eight yearsconsecutively - as county attorney of

outeau county, in which positionhe was reinarkably efficient andsuccessful,4-like, was elected as U.S. rep reseritaTI ie at Mtge% -eon-gross in the year 1906, and thereaf-ter served as the sole congressmanfrom Montana for six years. Hewas a candidate in 1912 to succeedhimself, and came within a smallmargin of being re-elected, notwith-standing the division in the repub-lican party. In his' declaration of,candidacy, Mr. pray promises to ad-here to the same rules and conductwhich guided him in the perform-ance of official duty during histhree terms as congressman fromMontana.He requests that the following be

printed after his name on the nom-inating ballot: "I stand for Hughes

_anti Fairianks and the Repiablicannational platform"

CHANGE-AT POWER CAMP

It is reported that Albert Preston,o has been the official lime keep-

er for the Thompson Falls Powercompany for the past three years,will be promoted to the position ofhead bookkeeper, taking the placeof Barry L. Tanner, who in turn,has been promoted to the head of-fices of the Montana Power companyin Butte, and Ed. Alexander will bepromoted to the position of timekeeper, taking the place made va-cant by Albert Preston.

SHERIFF SELLS LAND

The southwest quarter of section22, township 20, north range 26,containing 100 acres, near Plains,all the buildings, machinery andfutures situated thereon, belong-ing to Joseph and Annie Flahive,W. 0. Burrell and X H. Love, weresold at sheriffs sale in front of the

urt house Saturday morning tosatisfy a judgment held bythe NewWorld Life Insurance company.The property was sold to a repre-sentative of the New World Insur-ance company for the amount ofthe judgment, $5,381.10.

GOOD ORE IN SILVER KING

Charles MeEvers and Charles Nor-ton, who have a lease on the SilverKing mine, of Thompson River, re-port a strike of excellent ore thisweek. A well defined vein aboutthree feet in width carries on thefoot and hanging wall combined,about eight inches of clean ore thatassays 225 ounces in silver, 15 perrent copper and 36 per cent lead.A sample of the ore is on display inthe mineral cabinet of the FirstStale Bank.

A big band of gypsies drove inyesterday and were about to makecamp for the night down by thefiver at the east end of town, butdid not look good to Deputy SheriffRey Hart, who told them to "BeatIV and remained there to see thatthey bbeyed orders. Gypsies willnet carry off anything they cannotlift and it is just as well to wishthem on ho the next town.

THE LEDGER, $2.00 PER YEAR.