Big Hole Breezes (Jackson, Mont.) 1898-1915, May 23, 1913, Image 1

J O L T S F R O M JACKSON <r • ■ \ii \i i '» * ' i (Tams Fran Up The V*Uey Seat la By Our Special Correspondent The person who can control his tongue is almost as fortunate a person as he who can control his temper, and discretion is certainly a decidedly saving virtue, but if the doings of the second largest city in the Big Hole never reached T he B ebezes , Dame Rumor would soon grow tired of prattling and gossip would naturally take the place o f the ever readable “Jolts.” I A feller told me the tother day that I wus the best goldurned corres­ pondent since A1 Noyes left the kentry and that I cud make jist as much noise as he cud, but when he herd fatty Dunbar ronng about his \frog front vest/' an’ sayin’ that it wus made by a tailor that alius made Gus Heinze’s and YV A. Clark’s banket soots an’ that he’d a noshun not to ware now je s t 1 fer meanness a n ’ hed’ anuther no­ shun to jest sot on that B reezes correspondent with his two-forty avverdupois an’ that about that time the feller that rote Ifke Noyes wus noware to be found, rile lhar sez he is whar I sez yer no sich diplomat as A1 Noyes At the recent auction sale con­ ducted by Soren Nelson under which the chattels, stock, etc , be­ longing to the estate of the late Lorenzo Drake were sold, we learn that everything brought top [trices and that as an auctioneer Mr, Nel­ son \is the real dope,\ or in other word he has got Horse Smith \skin­ ned a city block” and that he is a \humdinger.” Adolph Pahnisch, of the well known Pahnisch Bros , ranchers of the Grasshopper, passes the night with us while bringing in 258 head of fine cattle for Simmons and Mor­ row of Briston. The grass range is beginning to look green and the sheep held by M. D. Jardine are strengthening up in good shape. He finished lambing in early April with small loss before the work had begun elsewhere, and therefore will have a fine bunch of early mutton. The Pendergast & Meyers lum­ ber company moved from the old setting to a place on the old Our Beef Steers Bring Million and Quarter Frye & Co. Pay Over $780,000 To Our Ranch­ ers This Year at an Average Price of $7.45 Per Hundred-A Record Season Cattle Sold To Frye & Co., .Seattle ............... ................... 9.000 Sold To Other Buyers ......................................... ................... 5,110 ..................... 730 Total Number of Steers Fed ......... Paid Our Ranchers by Frye & Co., nearly. • . ..#788,000.00 Other Buyers approximately .............................. . . . #44S,000.00 Value of Cut Backs ............................................. ......... #51,000.00 Total Valuation of Steers ............. ...#1.287,000.00 This Tabic includes 5(X) odq head fed on the Grasshopper The Big Hole basin has just j Co , of Butte and Montgomery & passed through the most successful j Wenger, of Anaconda, purchased •-Allman in Wisconsin Etato Journal. y P O P U L A R T A L K S O N T H E L A W Wills: Breakable and Unbreakable. First of a Series of Articles of Interest to all to Appear in This Paper B , J . (Bv W K Towers, A the Michigan Bar ) T he B reezes has made arrange­ ments to print a number of \Popu­ lar Talks on Law” for the benefit of its readers, and we believe that in districts like these, where the services of a lawyer are not always available, they will prove especially interesting and instructive. Samuel Hendrix had a son —a fact he almost regretted, for he seemed thoroughly bad and the fa­ ther had expended much of his Duke property in keeping the boy out of Gist ranch, where they have logged |ail. j Naturally enough, Samuel out several thousand feet of saw j desired that on his death his wife timber and the whistle is once more and daughter should receive all the heard, together with the buzz of the wheels of progress. Wm. Pendergast and family went to Butte to hear the great tenor singer, Chatmcey Oleott, and from the Standard we note that baby P^pdergast was not only ad- piired-bythfr-ffifeat, vocalist. - but also the recipient of his photo­ gravure in token o f appreciation of their attendance from such a re­ mote and distant place. Euphrius Ephraim LaMarche has sent his manager, Earl Ryan, out cm the circuit with his race horses. f remaining property and the son none. So he wrote the following: “When I die it is my will that all my property be equally divided between my wife, Esther, and my daughter, Sarah. (Signed) S amuel H endrix .” Samuel had heard that witnesses are necessary to a will, so be eailed in his wife, Esther, and his daugh­ ter, Sarah, and bad them watch him while he wrote his signature and then sign their names below his. The result was that neither D., of 1 not readily obtainable. If the es­ tate is small and not scattered, and the disposition that is to lie made of it is simple, direct and clearly understpod, it requires no great knowledge to draft an effective will. In any event some informa­ tion of the laws governing the dis­ position of property, is interesting, as well as decidedly useful. To make a wall requires mental capacity, We often hear of in­ struments drawn as wills which are set aside by the courts because the maker was lacking in intellect. The mental capacity that is requir­ ed to make a will may be enumer­ ated as follows; Ability to under­ stand the nature of a will and that the maker is engaged in making his will. 2. Ability to know and keep in mind the various items of his property. 3. Ability to know and keep in mind the members of the family and others entitled to the maker’s bounty. In general, any person of full age the mental capacity described above, and not subject to some special legal disability, may make a valid and landing will. In the majoeity of the states the full age the wife nor the daughter could of 21 years is required of both sex- take any property under the wiH, es before the power to make a will .wide Euphrius Ephraim remained fo r j t i s a general rule of law that i is granted. at the stable to cure for the thor­ oughbred \Bellwether.” He is a great admirer erf the old boss and i f anyone h looking lo t trouble he afeht^ep around and find some fndtvitfc the aaaaaTs construc- no one who witnesses a will m a y ! The will mast be signed by the take any benefit or receive a n y - 1 maker and witnessed in the raan- tbmg from that will. Had Samuel ner required by the statutes of the Hendrix possessed a bit more in-1 state in which it is made. Neva- fon m tkm of the law he would da is the only state winch requires have called others as witnesses and h s wishes could have been enforc­ ed. This iOistrates but m e of due' the many fitfife into wbkh one m ayfal is the very tad: of dhifiag-4i6 The prepar atWa of a uflf i t xssaBy a and a food ■esof a seal. The usual and proper method of signing is for the maker to write his name i s fid at the bottom of die w®. W h ere the ■»w * * * * * *»» **BJ*rk” is saffiefest. WWt t e n bees heS# ize another to sign his name for him Not only must a will be signed, but it must also be witnessed, and that in the strictest form. Some states require but two witnesses; others three, but it is always best to have three witnesses. The wit­ nesses must be persons who have no interest in the will, and it must be seen to that neither they nor their near relatives are to receive anything under the will The manner in which a careful attorney completes the necessary formalities is as follows All the persons—maker and witnesses— must be in the same room and all in sight of each other The maker declares the will to be his and writes his signature, with all the witnesses watching him. Then each of the witnesses in turn signs his name, the entire party still re­ maining together While a will is usually dated, that is not neces­ sary. Having made a will and wishing to change it, the maker has two general courses open. He may write another will, in which he ex­ pressly revokes the earlier one, or pen a revocation, either of which instruments must be signed and witnessed as a will. Or he may take the will and by tearing it up, posagsingj burning it 9 ? by drawing fines through it, with the intention of revoking it, cause it to lose all ef­ fect as a will. In' Iowa this act must be done in the presence of witnesses and in all cases it is best to do so. On the death of the maker, those interested in the will usually se- J cure the services of an attorney in having it probated and the estate administered. Of coarse, the per­ son named in the will as executor may himself place it before the probate, or similar court, b e t be ____ , __ ds it simpler to have a lawyer arrange matters. TfnO ex­ ecutor has bees named by tbemak- or inhsw ® , a * adaufus&ator is ‘ifpalaBedbyflieoeaat. It is the <r administrator to one season in its history. Late last fall something like 15,IKK) head of steers were placed on feed in our beef pens. This spring over a mil­ lion and a quarter good American dollars have found their way into the pockets of our ranchers for the finished product, including some 700 head cut bac k by the big buy­ ers A few years ago our feeders were fortunate if they got four and five cents a pound for their beef this season the average price paid was #7 45 per hundred ... a wonderful ini rease As much as eight cents a pound has been received for some of them. Most of the cattle this year again were sold to Pacific coast buyers, Frye &Co., of Seattle be­ ing the heaviest purchasers. In an interview with their genial and competent representative, Frank Frazier, one of the most popular buyers in the Northwest, the writ­ er has compiled statistics which can be relied upon as bung as nearly accurate as possible The following is a list of the steers pur­ chased by him. Wm. Montgomery ....................... 1700 Peterson & Olson ........................... 800 Geo. Woodworth.........................000 Fred Ilirschy ................................... 450 J. E. Morse....................................425 Frank 1 lusted..................................375 Jesse Finsley ................................. 300 Geo. Clemow ................................. 325 Tash & Lenkersdorfer ................ 285 Peterson Cattle Co ...................... 250 0 T. Husted ................................. 250 Martin Jackson ............................. 285 C E. Barnes ................................. 200 Murray Livestock Co....................150 Ed Lloyd .......................................... 100 L. J . Drave ...................................... 150 Soren P. Nelson ............................. 125 Lorain Spencer - . ........................... 175 Tom Pendergast..............................116 Jules Wenger..................................100 Joe Kramer ...................................... 100 J. M. Neidt ...................................... 100 John Inabnit..................................285 Ed ^ishno.......................... 225 Butte Butchering Co .................. 100 T 3 o h , ~ ' A l B ^ 7 T 7 r . . . — -.-tOO- over 5,100 head, and these, at the same average weight and price as those bought by Frye & Co., bring their owners something like 1448,* (XX). Estimating the value of the cut backs, all of which will be sold be­ fore the season closes, at about #50,000, it will be seen that our estimate of a million and a quarter dollars is nearly correct. The av­ erage price [>aid per head, accord­ ing to Mr Frazier, is aliout #87. Our cattle brought top prices, most of them were in excellent condition, and our feeders have further enhanced their reputations and increased their bank accounts. Without doubt the Big Hole basin has firmly established itself as the best beef-producing section in the Northwest and a prosperous future is assured. Mr. Frazier, after spending sev­ eral months in the valley, will leave for other parts on business for his firm. His visits are always welcome. Frye & Co , more than any other firm, realize the value of our product, and have been the largest buyers of our beef during the past few seasons, and Mr. Fra­ zier says he is coming back next year for more. His firm, whose transactions with our ranchers have always been of the most cordial and satisfactory nature, purchased more cattle this year than ever be­ fore, and declare themselves very well satisfied with the treatment received at the hands of our ranch­ ers. Daily Stage to Jackson For the first time in a number of years there is to be a daily stage line between Dillon and Jackson in the Big Hole basin. The new stage line will carry passengers and express between these two points and make stops at points in the Grasshopper section. The stage leaves Dillon at 7:15, arriving at Millpoint at 12:15, where it con­ nects with the Lapham mail stage, which arrivesin jaekson at 5 3 0 . Tope Bros ...................................... 100 Returning, the stage leaves Jack- H. W. Morrow ............................. 250 i son at 8 o'clock in the morning and C. W. Francis..................................150,1 is due in Dillon at 53 0 . Hereto- J. W. Feiten......................................60 * fore it required two days to make Frank Ritschel ................................. 30 ’ the trip to Jackson by stage, a dis- ABenPBmpton........................ .. ..So jtan c e o f 50 miles. Both going and Fred Francis ..................................... 60 coming teams are changed at the Chas. L. Lawrence ........................ 75 Wm. Christiansen--. . . . . . . . . . 5 0 Total ............................ 8991 Reckoning the average weight of Nine Mile house, so that travel can be made as rapidly as possible. Roy Jackson, proprietor of the Millpoint roadhouse, has put on the steers a t the railroad at 11751 states that pounds and the average price at they'will be nm until Tate fall, #7 .45 per hundred, it will he seen that the Seattle company turned over to octr ranchers over #787,000 fo e their t h e r e o f this season’s pro­ duct. Other buyers, ta d a S m g B tm k s & K js & S s p k e . of Dakota; of Alaska, the Usaae Meat C o , of Porthnd: lien- C o , of Butte; Butte BBt£*Tiu£ Co.; Hsrasea Racing when the heavy travel Butte Evening Post. is over.— Gibbonsville Lively Joe Gkrman came in from Gfl>- bocsviHe this week. Joe reposts that the old camp seems to have on a new! stg activity.