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News you can use
By Emily Mayer
The production of “The Long Road” was enjoyed by many Havreites, and here is a short accounting of the entertaining event found in the March 1, 1919, edition of The Havre Plaindealer:
FARM BUREAU PLAY IS ENJOYED BY AUDIENCE
The Long Trail played to a large audience at the high school auditorium Thursday evening.
Owing to the extremely cold weather as well as to the fact that no Farm Bureau meetings were held in connection, there were few farmers in attendance. The play gives an excellent and historically accurate picture of pioneer times in Montana and the well taken parts and the abundance of humor in the lines kept the audience in continual laughter throughout the three acts. The play will continue on the road until March 21.
The new Havre High School had just opened in January 1919, so not only was the audience treated to fine entertainment, they were among the first to use the new auditorium.
Recently, I attended a meeting where someone had mentioned someone came to Havre and promptly left due to our weather. It was not for him.
Well, he wasn’t the first and probably won’t be the last. Here is an entry in the same March 1, 1919, edition.
COLD WEATHER COMES WEAKENS HIS INTEREST
Visitor to City Was Considering Locating Here
M. N. Martensen who had been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nelson, left Thursday for his home in Sebastopol, California. Mr. Martensen is a brother of Mrs. Nelson and this is the first time that brother and sister have met in eighteen years. Mr. Martensen had been traveling various parts of the country and arrived in the city last week Friday. The weather that he found here then added to his very favorable impression of Montana and he began looking around with a view to locating here. During his trip through other parts of the country he had encountered some severe winter weather and he found the contrast here very striking, but the change in temperature which shortly followed his arrival may have dampened his interest in this country somewhat.
Sebastopol, California, is located on the northern coast and is part of California’s famed wine country.
The Plaindealer also reported in the March 1, 1919, edition that the March session of District Court had been indefinitely delayed, due to the Montana Legislature’s efforts to pass a law requiring the names of jurors be “placed in individual black capsules for the drawing.” The Plaindealer stated:
It would have been bead enough if only ordinary capsules had been specified, but the requirement that they shall be black in color has put officials up against it. The ordinary kind used in prescriptions could be obtained at any drug store, but no one seems to know where to get black capsules or where to find out anything about them. It means an added burden upon the taxpayers without promise of any benefit apparently.
The lengthy article went on to report only two convictions for February; B. B. Robinson and Ernest Galavig were found guilty of burglary, and A. B. Livermore was found guilty of grand larceny.
The ones who were breathing a sigh of relief was none other than our beloved Shorty Young and his good buddy George Coulter. The seven hundred or so cases brought against Shorty by Assistant Attorney General Grorud had been dismissed because the jury could not agree on the charges.
The men named on the jury were J. C. Auld, Norman Kaercher, Harry Jackson, D. W. Wilson, David Scott, Phil Clack, P. H. Hersey, Pat Herron, Jack Layton, John Caldwell and Otto Davidson.
It was noted they were a “farmer jury” and that there were only eleven, because the court was having a difficult time coming up with twelve impartial jurors. Both sides agreed to the eleven man panel instead of waiting to find a twelfth, and incur more expenses that these cases had already generated.
It was also noted that Judge Pyper and Constable McKinnon both received “sizeable fees.” The Hill County Commissioners paid Pyper, but an order had to be issued by the court to the Commissioners to pay McKinnon’s fee, because they refused to do so.
The March 8, 1919, edition of the Plaindealer had the following articles with regard to the Non Partisan League.
NON PARTISAN MEETING WAS SLIMLY ATTENDED
Big Meeting is Looked Forward to for Next Month
The monthly meeting of the non-partisan leaguers in the office of the assessor was slimly attended Monday evening. Organizer McLeod and County Assessor Sanvik were present and four or five others but what matters received their attention was not disclosed. Plans were being made for a big meeting next month when Representative Haaland is expected to be present and make a report on the legislative session. Just what the nature of that report will be is not known yet nor just what features of the legislative doings will be emphasized. Mr. Haaland is expected to have a conference with the state head of the league and other prominent in the organization at which the character of the report is expected to be largely determined. Many believe the report will be of a nature that will appeal strongly to those of league affiliations.
REPUBLICAN BROHER WANTS EXPLANATION
County Commissioner Wilson is Asked Many Question
George B. Wilson of Douglas county, Missouri arrived in Havre Tuesday joining his brother, County Commissioner Wilson, here. The brothers will leave today for the home of F. M. Wilson near Kremlin. When Mr. Wilson left Missouri last Saturday it was still summer like there but he had not been on the train long before he encountered snow. This is the first time that he has visited this part of the country. He plans to spend the summer with his brother on the ranch and if he likes the prospects here he may stay longer. Mr. Wilson has held various county offices in Missouri and at one time was county attorney of Douglas county. He has always been a republican and expects to remain so. He indicated that down in his country the non-partisan league sorrow has not visited the party and apparently they do not expect it to. While in Havre he was asking his brother many questions about his new affiliations and his brother at some length explained that it was not a political party, but Mr. Wilson has had considerable experience in politics.
City elections were coming up, and the Plaindealer ran this short article in the March 8, 1919, edition.
TWO CANDIDATES SEEK ALDERMANIC HONORS
Coming City Election Apparently Attracting Little Interest
With the time for filing drawing rapidly to a close only two candidates for aldermen at the coming city election were known yesterday. P. C. Barrett had filed in the Second Ward which is now represented by C. C. Brundage and R. M. Rathbone has entered the ring in the First ward for the seat now held by J. S. Carnal. Yesterday as far as could be learned there was no candidate aspiring for the position from the Third ward.
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