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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1917
Page
3
Wisconsin visitor Mrs. FR Bellis from Rice Lake returns home Saturday after a stay in Baker. The report notes she spent time attending to affairs and traveling between locations.
Miles City attorney Steve McKinnon, city attorney for Miles City, halted there Saturday en route to Ekalaka for a mission of legal business. Catholic Guild charity dance at the opera house Friday November 9 aims to aid Company I troops, with a likely capacity crowd.
Observers suggest the clerk of court in Fallon county and the clerk of court in Carter county swap deputy clerks. The proposed exchange aims to conserve the gasoline supply.
Charley Boyd sought a boxing career after Bob Fitzsimmons death and was jailed by Judge Hansen on a fighting charge. Al, planning a 25 day city improvement stint, entered the book. Aberdeen Kid A J Bolbinsik donated 20 bones, boosting his city fund total to 245. Mister Hoveland sought a rebate after paying a fine, but was refused.
Today a funeral for Mrs J Wilson will be held with interment at the city cemetery. She died Saturday night at her home twelve miles north of Baker. The body was prepared by undertaker Ed Hansen.
Guy Chilton escaped from a flipped Ford ten miles south of town on Monday afternoon. He freed himself with elbow and knee, then was taken to the hospital for internal injuries. Doctors at the hospital are treating him, and Chilton is unsure if his injuries came from the car crushing him or from the effort to lift it off.
A couple of youths and companions visit a local eatery, described in harsh terms as the slowest town, rotten food, poorest silverware, worst service and cold coffee. The scene notes their high pitched conversation and poor telecommunication, with the license plate indicating a state outside.
Fragmentary text indicates plans for new construction near the court house and other buildings in town. The note mentions a person residing at Glen Dive and references upcoming erection of structures possibly in the near future.
Water supply to the area was cut off after a cave-in in front of Dr. Youngs new house on the south side prevented gasket adjustment. Water was shut off at the reservoir, leaving residents without water for over one day.
Telegram from B C Jacobson reports the death of his brother John Jacobson in Choteau Montana. A well known local contractor, he built the Carter County courthouse and helped with the Lang building in Baker and Ekalaka.
A man with suspected mental disability has drawn curiosity by shadow boxing on the street. Officer Green took him to the city hotel for the night for safety and comfort. He is not the same person who sought a sanity certificate from Dr. Brewer after escaping an Oklahoma asylum.
The reward offered by the Happy Family for information on Kisow’s nights is canceled while Kisow travels to Ekalaka for a few days. He was to stay with the Happy Family in Ralph Keener, Jud Cory, and Al and Ed Hansen’s quarters, but none of the residents witnessed him there since his wartime return. Evidence is limited to Cory’s missing shirts and Ralph finding himself without sex.
Emil Schaffner left this morning to begin building a new school house H in district SQ near Fertile Prairie. Miss Mildred Wagner was summoned to Bison South Dakota by telegram Sunday due to her mother's illness.
County Superintendent Potterton conducted a teachers examination at the courthouse with eight women and one man. Other counties held separate exams on Friday and Saturday.
After a two week quarantine, the period ended Monday and schools reopened. Health officers also lifted restrictions on churches and picture shows and visited Bob Lowry’s home to declare all clear.
The article notes that Percy Webber will not be among those going to the front Friday and will stay home for a period, easing the suspense of many girls who are anxious about when he will depart.
Late Saturday night Dr. Brewer treated Miss Olga Norman at the Francis DuBois home where she was staying for school. She was diagnosed with appendicitis and an operation was performed Sunday morning by Dr. Garbison after her mother arrived early. They were moved to Miles City hospital on No. 15 for care.
Hardware merchant Ekalaka resident Hore-William Freese and land commissioner S J Ems chler of Ekalaka were in Baker together over Sunday for undisclosed reasons.
Take Auto Ride T F Scofield and Tr R Kisow motored to Ekalaka on Monday. Commissioner Scofield will return in a day or so, but Mr Kisow expects to remain in Ekalaka for some time attending to affairs of the Equity Abstract company.
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