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This proposed road was advocated ri\e or six years ago but with the sus pension of all railroad construction was placed in the discard. The road is in operation as far as Mott and for the past three or four years the ties and rails for the new addition haw been stored at that point. The road will be built crom Mott, ' ! l a: Terr\ Mont and 'X-it..<■ BAKER IS CITY OF THE THIRD CLASS NOW Taking the census of the town from (i data provided by a recent report of the school district, which shows that Baker possesses a population of more than a thousand souls, the city council Tues day night declared Baker to be a city of the third class. 'The ordinance creating Baker a city was read and will be effectne within the next thirti days. This will ex tend the authority of the city board of aldermen and will permit the council to accomplish more than has been pernnssable in the past. A resolution was passed proxiding for special improvements on the Mor ris first and second additions. Savage first addition to the city of baker and on the east halt of the block facing the lalye in the Lakeside addition to Baker. The improvements will Consist of BAKER WILL OBSERVE EASTER FITTINGLY grading the streets, extending the w ater mains and perfecting a sewer system. A general clean up of old business was attemped but as all was not com pleted a special meeting will be called BAKER-GAMP CROOK MAIL IS IMPROVED through Baker. It will also give a railroad to Mound, Bessie and Mineral Springs but will leave Alzada off the proposed railroad. This surveyed road which is known as the Mott cutoff w ill shorten the { o r tomor'rou. even,ng. distance between the Twin Cities and Seattle more than a hundred miles. It will be built through some of the best farming lands in eastern Montana and will secure a grade of less percentage and will avoid the climb of Beaver Hill and others which have been an extra expense to the Northern Pacific Railroad Companv. Not only will this extentu n of railroads into Baker provide rail faob- to a number of inland towns in the northern part of the countv but it will increase the a'Tready excellent service in this citv and will also mean an ad dition to the population of this rapidly growing community. Farm values in the northern part of Fallon county will increase rapidly because of the closer proximity to the market and the reduction of the vost of taking farm products to elevators and produce dealers. All railroad building in the l nited States has been at a standstill for the past five or six years owing to a short age in the monev market but those conditions have been relieved and now activities will begin in the construction in more of the “iron trails ’’ \\ ith the advarcement i.f settlers comes the demand for better market ing facilities. vvhuh v a uses ai.ivitws in railroad circles. > BAKER TELEPHONE COMPANY G. F. Hough has a crew ot ineK digging a trench across the low land between the down town u • i : .hid the east side for the purpose <>t pir ting dovv l the big cable w hich coivie is the telephones from that se \ o ’ t the mam office. Several thousand feci of cable will be use i. 1 is will I) a saving of labor to Mr. Hough and will do awav w ith the overhead v v r e s Better mail service between Baker and the southern part of this countv and Camp Crook. S. D. will go into effect May 1st, vvTien a daily stage route will be installed from Marmarth to Camp Crook. Mail will he sent out from Mar marth every day and received daily. This will mean better service than that country has ever experienced. A person can mail a letter here in the morning to Camp Cfrook and it will arrive at its destination that same evening and an answer to that letter can be had the second day after. Newspapers sent from here were a week old !>\ the ime they reached the readers now they will be received the next day after publication. Banquet At Lane Home \ banquet was given at the '1 bos. Lane home 'Thursday evening by members of the first oil companv formed in Baker, and who afterwards turned their holdings over to the Mon tana Petroleum company and he« ame stockholders of that corporation. The banquet wasai elaborate af fair and was served in courses. Those present were Beit Ran. I, C. Burns. L .S Booth. J. L Barstmv R. F Smith. H. Schmidt. George Daugherty. H. 1*. \lhers, Thos. Lane. H. L. Con. |. Y. Creel. H. W Sparks and L. K. Rushton. A. I. Lockhart was a Miles Cn visitor the first of the week alien ,i. g the stockmen’s meeting. Oscar Dammon of ’Trail Cr-v k u «- in town Wednesday and I !mn.l.i transacting business. I he Lenten season is rapidly draw ing to a close and next Sunday is Easter. Preparations are being com pleted to celebrate the festival in a fit ting manner, and the churches of Baker are going to have special serv ices. The Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges w ill attend Methodist services in the Masonic hall. Special music has been provided and Rev. Bamford w ill preach an Easter serntfm. At the Congregational church there w ill also be special devotion. The Sunday school children have pre pared songs and recitations for the morning services. In the evening there will he appropriate music and Rev. Pollard will deliver an Easter discourse. 'Ai the Carhb'ic church there will be regular Easter worship. A number of the business houses have appropriate Easter vv indow deco rations. 'The Suit store. Lent/. Bros, store, Lawler Drug company and others have Easter advertisements in their display windows. The Pallomte has attempted to demonstrate that it is alive to the oc casion and with this issue we are of fering to our readers a number of extra pages along vv ith our regular eight page issue. The cover has been especially designed and prepared and and along with the interesting stones of Baker, its development and progress, this issue of the l allomte will be an interesting Easter letter to send to your homefnlks hack east. 'The traditional rabbit and Easter egg will be, prominent next Sunday along with the Easter Bonnet, suits and a general outbreak of fashionable wearing apparel. Truly Easter is one of the joyous seasons of the vear. Services At Congregational Church Next Sunday morning there will he an Easter program lon.xistmg of reci tations and songs under the auspices of the Sundav m book In the evening there will be special tnusn and the pastor will preach an Eastei sermon. \ 11 are most cordially invited to these services. New Lumber Yard The Hutchinson Lumber Company s making preparations to open a fourth • ard in Baker and now have six or •,ev4eii <ars of building material on the :ailr a.l trai !-s here. 1 he owners were in the «ity the 1 first of the week looking for a suitable ! ite and it is reported that lots on Se«- '.md street west and Montana \venue ! iave been seuired and the work of rectmg storage sheds will begin at once I his firm is an old and established one and has yards at Plevna and otjw •owns on this line. A full line of building material is «arried and the •itm is now teadv to wait on ’’u tiade BAKER’S POPULATION GROWS VERY RAPIDLY Baker is rapidly becoming known all over the nation and in the east it is the one bright spot on the western horizon. Many eastern men and wo men are arriving daily to take up land in ballon county or to make Baker their future home. But the largest one time increase in the population to take place in the past few years was made Friday morning when a coach containing for ty men was cut off the west bound morning jiasseTTger train and sideTfack ed here. The men were mostly la borers seeking occupation in their chosen lines of work. By Wednesday morning all had found work, some of them going to the country and laboring on farms, while others found employment in ihe city vktM'lhe* iitiineyous const!action crews. To have the population of the county increase m var load lots is some record and one that seldom occurs to any community but the work is here and must be done and this fact is rapidly becoming known in the east ern states. I he greater part of the men were skilled in their line of work, coming from k ucago and the'»Twin Cities. BAKER SUITS WESTERN MEN VERY WELL / mind ! nrclr ~~ * T T J f\ â f * * rr*, y ‘■*- 7 7 / '-‘N / >*- « ■* \If the people from around Rosalia. St. Johns and other places in Wash ington were to come out herein Mon tana and look over what you have” said J. I . Siler of Rosalia, Wash., \I am sure that they would soon sell out and come here t<) make their future nomes.” It was through the courtesy of J. Y. Creel that Mr. Siler was shown some of the land of ballon county last week. I arms m both the northern and southern |rarts of the county were visited and the Washington man was greatly impressed with what he saw. \You people have the best land 1 have ever seen in the west and the \allies are far too low for the quality of the soil.” said Mr. Siler. No person vv ho lias had the pleas ure to see b allon county’s best farms was ever greater impressed than was Mr. Siler and he became very enthus iastic over it. He said that he knew that the tarmers of his locality were making a big mistake by not coming here and buying because there was tar more money to be made in this part of Montana than in the greatly advertised fertile fields of V\ ashington. It was not the farming districts alone that pleased the Western visitor. The busv citv of Baker and its hustle filled him with the spirit. \You \ave a hue town here and by the looks of things u lias just got started. This looks likt tlie coming city of Mon tana.”
