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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
1
The Phil lips County Fair will feature a new Collective Community Exhibit on September 1 2 5a. Prizes total 75 for first, 50 for second, and 25 for third in cash. Communities may enter as a whole to raise funds and include distant areas. Committees will be appointed to manage entries and information will be mailed to messen.
Williston North Dakota August 11 cowboys wearing chaps spurs and firing revolvers held up 60 motorists on the Roosevelt national highway from Duluth to Glass Park near here. John Heffernan 63 led the group. The cowboys passed a hat and returned the $1 76 they collected from the first victim.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carter and family spent Saturday in Saeco. Anna Hartz added a new room to her house. Mrs. J. B. Franklin and children visited Mrs. Hang Waal on Sunday. Bertha Osier stayed with Mrs. A. M. Strommen. George Sammons works for T. Glascock during harvest. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McCord returned from Minneapolis and visited daughter Mrs. C. C. Busehe and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Sammons and child and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carter and children were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Glascock.
The Boushard family returned to their homestead. Frank Homan Tillie and Emma Nelson traveled to Bowdoin last week. Al Bruckner went to Malta to obtain citizenship papers. A hail storm and wind damaged Sergsogles Cranery and his barn. Tillie and Emma Nelson visited the Peterson home. Fred Boushard and Oswald Ramsbatcher toured Saco. John Erickson cut grain for Fred Wilhelm and Hower Cart Sricht. HK D Jewett worked for John Prnckner and Wm Prefferson. Harb farmers finished cutting grain and began stacking nearby.
Judge D Barton presided as officers including Wolfe and Sandlie. Appointments were made in Jessie Survant’s estate and Metcalf discharge. State of Montana cases saw Stine Akin and Callahan plead guilty to liquor charges with $100 and $400 fines. Dismissal for lack of evidence in burglary attempt against Akin and Callahan. Marriage licenses issued to Coswell and MecMullen. Hiatt and Rader. July clerk report lists probate actions, naturalizations, and fees totaling $221.00.
State wide notes hot dry weather through July 23 with damage to non irrigated and spring grains in parts. Winter wheat harvest underway. spring grain ripening early. irrigation crops in excellent condition. labor needs varying by county including Dawson, Gallatin, Yellowstone and Valley counties.
Naples August 7 World famous tenor Enrico Caruso died here today at 4 30 in the morning after a relapse from a bout of appendicitis and pneumonia following a sinking spell. His wife had been despondent as his condition grew worse through the night closing a storied career.
Dick Mijelde, son of the city chief of police, was fined 5 after pleading guilty to speeding as both cars raced the city streets. Magistrate Kerthley records show $5 fines for father and son.
The message praises corn as a drought resistant and valuable feed crop. It urges growing more corn next year, noting its importance for cases of drought and its role as feed, touting Iowa as a leading producer.
Butte sheriff Larry Duggan orders chronopolis inmates Byrne Steve and Theodore Cronopolis hanged in the county jail rather than the jail yard to curb spectacle. Julee Lynch arrives as officials choose a high place for the gallows with limited witnesses, while details of legal procedures are reviewed.
William L. Hill of Helena is recommended for U S Assayer for Montana. A J Lewis of Floweree is recommended as Receiver of the Great Falls land office. Frank S Reed of Culbertson is appointed Receiver of the Glastow Land Office, E M Kirton of Malta appointed Register of the Glastow Land Office.
Five young men in Washington North Carolina were convicted of stealing automobile supplies. They were sentenced to choose between one year on county roads or attending church regularly for the same period.
Cooperators in the crop improvement project welcome a county fair board created division for standardized farm crops with special prizes. A list of prizes will appear in the Farm Bureau News August issue. Farmers with pure seed and demonstration plots are urged to exhibit, as publicity from the fair can help sell surplus seed this fall. A circular with full details will be sent to cooperators soon.
Emil Fossum, 77, arrived after walking 55 miles from his home near the Canadian border to obtain citizenship papers granted last Saturday. He left at 5 AM and reached the city by 6 PM, then attended a prayer meeting unfatigued and planned to walk home the next day.
A Saco party led by Walter Jones Leo Wagoner and Mr and Mrs Virgo Vaupel describes a round trip to Iowa via Wolfe Point Stanley Valley City and Mankato with stops in Minnesota North Dakota and Montana. They log roads highways and crop conditions noting a 3000 mile journey one broken axle and a pleasant visit home.
New York Aug 2 Tex Rickard sent a telegram to Jess Willard former heavyweight champion asking how long it would take him to be in condition to meet Jack Dempsey the title holder and to name a price for his services The giant heavyweight has expressed a desire to regain the championship and it had been understood that he has been making efforts to train into fighting form Rickard also announced that the bout for the light heavyweight championship of the world between Georges Carpentier and Tom Gibbons probably would be in Madison Square Gardens late in October or early in November He also has under consideration a match between Bryan Downey of Cleveland and Johnny Wilson of Boston to settle the middleweight championship controversy which grew out of a recent battle between these two boxers at Cleveland.
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