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Geyser Judith Basin Times (Geyser, Mont.), 15 June 1911, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053135/1911-06-15/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
w - .11t. ••• at VOL. 1. Ilentaia Historical u 5. `N s ssssi .• s. • , sxerssess4S.s.1,4-s-- - ••• , \ . . • s, • s s GEYSER, MONT., JUNE 'Si 1911 •41 ,osSc - ' _____ ,1 1 c oto:' ft.1 , 7 NO. 13 Commercial Club Meets Large and Enthusiastic Meet- ing of the Geyser Busi- ness Men The Geyser Judith Basin Commer- cial Club met in regular session Thurs- day evening last. \ The principal busi- ness of the evening was in regardi to preparations for the coining Fourth of July celebration, and the committees appointed 'for the general supervision of of the work. R. F. Adams, John Sanders and David Simpson were giv- en complete charge of the arrange- ments with power to appoint their as- sistants. It was decided to constuct large platform for the \bowery dance.\ This will be located in the rear of S. C. Purdy's store. - The fireworks and a large flag - Were ordered purchased, and we understand this has been done. A'rrangements for games, broncho riding, races and sports a'fe coining along nicely. everyone be- ing enthusiastic for the success of this celebration. The large announcements have been sent to all towns and cities within a rad- ius of one hundred miles. This ought to bring record breaking crowds to town. Geyser should out do all pre- vious effOrts at'entertaing on that day. Plenty of good material is showing up for the base ball game scheduled to be pulled off in the forenoon. A dia- mond has been laid out and scraped adjourning the townsite company's property in the west end. This will make an excellent ball ground, and with rehearsal every evening a good game may be expected on the Fourth. It was announced that the Geyser Gun Club will participate in the cele- bration and 'give pitzes for the best shooting which will be an added at- traction. The way things look now the cele- bration will be a grand success. Officers for the ensuing term were, Sunday School Organized Sunday was Children's Day and ap- propriate exescises were held at the Congregational church in the after- noon to accomusodate the large num- ber of children from the country. The service was in charge of Rev. E.,E. Smith, of Great Falls, state super- intendent of Sunday school work, in the absence of Rev. Sikes, who had a service in Spion Kop at the same hour . . A very enjoyable program of songs and recitations was rendered by the chil- dren. Oho had been drilled for the occasion by Miss Clapper, the School- mistress. The children taking . part were: Walter Simpson, Charlie Barka, Lulu Hautala, John Backa, Hilda Paranen, Mamie Hedman, Nels Backa Sennie Hautala, Clarence Sanders and Enna Backa. At this time a regular Sunday school organization was effected, is th the in- tention of holding Sunday school every . week beginning 'next Sunday. The following were elected officers: Mrs. David Simpson, superintendent; Miss Clapper. assistant superintendent; NI iss Hallie Dodge. secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Bishop, organist. Trap Shooting for the Fourth Geyser Gun Club Offer Prizes for Best Marks- manship The Geyser Gun Club has decided to hold their first meeting on July Fourth in connection with our grand celebration. Preparations are being made to make this One of the best at- tractions of the day, there being a large number of sportsmen in this vici- nity who are considered good shots and I this will give them a long looked for oppOrt unity to display their ability along this line. An expert nap has been ordered to - e l ecte d as follows '['omit H ato , N , press _ gether with a thousand shells and plenty dent; S. C. Purdy, % ice president; A. of Clay pigeons. Each man is ill be A. Freseman, Jr., Secretary -Treasurer. expected to use his own gun and en- trees will be open to all. 'l lose wish- ing to enter for contest are requested School Report Report of Geyser school formuinth ending June 9th, 1911. Days taught, 19. Pupils enrolled, 14. Total number day s attendance, 224. Ai•erage daily attendance, 11 5-19. Those present every day were: Ar- chie By me. Leslie Simpson. Carl lied - man, Walter Simpson. Those absent one day. Clarence Sanders. Visitors, 2. CoRA V. C.1.A•PPER, 'I'eat-her. oge• Must Bow to the Inevitable Big Sheep and Cattle OHtfits Will Soon Be a Thing ' of the Past F. V. Nlitchell and Toni Simpstin 19prietors of the theBox Elder Sheep Company were in stown , --yesterday. 'lliey are taking a bunch or their sheep from the Shannon place near here out to ihe - Olinfilig - irlis. Kernaghin's-00 Arrow Creek. When seen by a reporter for the Times l's hr. Simpson made some very optimistic statements in regard to the future of Montana and especially .this section of thetasin. He said: \Dur- ing twenty-three years that I have been in Montana I never saw the prospect of a bumper crop look so promising as at the present time. If we get a little more rain during the latter part of June . nothing Will prevent a . record -breaking crop and land values in this section are bound to soar_ to unheard of prices. \Never before have we had such a favorable . spring for lambing,\ . said Mr. 8itinpson, \as the present year. From * oiir 1800 ewes on our ranch only 17 lambs were lost. The wool market is fully two cents better than I expected it to be and the sheep in 7 dustry is given a greater impetus from that fact.\ . . On account of cutting up the range into farms the .Nlitchell & Simpson outfit will sell part of their sheep this fall and embark more e. el ''' els: ;at rirming. They already . ' '2500 acres 11110ke aed is ill plant this to winter wheat and expe: e st t , o.,,kreV500sacres more for next years plant . Commercial Club at Nihill Another Thriving Community Organiielfbr Mutual Pro- tection and Development - .Nihill which is on the Billings and Northern between Judith Gap and Billings has organized a live and up to (lite Commercial Club. A meeting wits' held for the purpose of getting this organization on a working basis lass Seturday evening at the hardware store 4 . the W. E. Ford & Co, . , 1 '1 ... he meeting was called to order by' Chairman H inchey who asked for - a reading of the minutes of the first Meeting. From these minutes it was ksund the following officers had . been elected; Geo. Hinchey, president; John Geiken, vice president; A. C. Ulltnan, secretary; Orval Buckner, treasurer. Mr. Sikes was called upon by the chair to address the meeting. Mr. Siltis• responded by saying that they were on the right track and that he thought that by combining their efforts as they were planning to do .that . they would be able to accorn - Plish things which were not possible by the indivi_ got the bear instead of the bra' A r cing town with Iiii;i the day before.. While dual . . He cautioned them against try- her, at tirst it was thought that Nis. Ross ing to do too many things at once and said that the vital point was that they all +gawk together, He addressed them lutther along this line and in closing , stated that he was glad to be able to sist in launching an enterprise which Mr. Ole Beaver, of Running Wolf, 'vvair r tOr r the beet , interest of she entire was a visitor at Nit. Marten's home 'cointininity.•- ,- Ic11 - • Freseinan was Sartnday. 'Mt. Nlao..esi has been visit - then called and he stated that it scarcely ing Mr; Beaver on , tinning Wolf. r. tteerned — possible that such develop- I. G uy m y e s a fu l i ca ment should come in less II • i three , ,isitor at Ranger t years. That there must be s nething 1 to a' country in which in so short space of time it could develop as this has. :\t• that time one could not see a house from Nihill and now every available quarter is taken and sod being turned over with results that are bound to - make a rich settlement. He called their attention to the woik which the Geyser Club is doing anblother clubs in the state, closing with A dozen of the that \In unity there is ' class, for instance, g,railitate in engineer- I to hie their narnes is ith R. F. Adams that therein would though many' in the state do not chairman of the committee of arrange- i '\g• know that the college teaches engitie- ments and secretary of the gun dub. ' en ing or that it has the largest engine- , ering facility and the best equipped . ' laboratories in the state or in this sec - No preat:hing ser% ices for the next non of the country. The distribution two Sundays. June llith and 25th, of the graduates among the different June 18th, Sunday School—' departments is as follows: Nlerino 10:30 a. to. 1 Electtical engineeling, eight; home • i :atelier, five; general- science courses, Geyser 3:00-p. in. r fire; cis il engineering. four; agrictiltur- Spion Kop 3:30 p. in. (I. illess notice , al. four. All these graduates receive to the contrary is sent out.) the degree of Bat -helm - of Sciente. a adoption at . the next regular meeting. One feature of the evening was the ap- pointment by the chair of two s tnem- bers to choose sides pcfsee who could , get the most ne4-niembers tothe club. m 1 Mr. Dreean d s• Riekena were n Chas. P. Ross, Cuts His Wrists ' s Ni chose as the leaders and there is rio doubt but ;hat this will result in ai\--HoPing to - Relieve Pain, Nor - N • ear Suicide Here Monday large increase in their working force. The business meeting was then adjourn- ed. This club is going, after things which are needed by th'e town, such as an elevator, depot and other thing', and the', will find that if the)' keep everlastingly at it they will secure the things they . need. Congregalional Church Notice Aggies Graduate The tii ens% -six graduates of the Nlinitana State College of Agricultural and :\dt..01:11111: Arts who received their degrees last week constituting is mitt tine exception, file largest class which has e‘ et rt.( ei‘rti degrees fooln :1111 Montana institution, illustrate well the satiety of wink %%hail can be taken at that MS111010011. to present the statement strength\ and lie the VON% et ot their•organization. A committee on the constitution and by-laws then 'presented A (01111 W 111111 with a few changes was fruits ed to the committee to report at the the next meeting. A membership list was presented and all present signed and paid dues foe the initial month. The name for the club has not yet been decided on and a committee - was list of names . DRY WOLF CREEK Miss Edith Rolfe of Otter C gladdened our lonely life Saturday Sunday, rowly Escapes Death Chas. P. Ross, a well known charac- ter of this vicinity had a narrow escape from death NIonday• morning, its the suicide4,2nte. Mr. Ross came to town Sunday evening -and has ing 110 iininey to pay f Idi h w• or o g e as given use prmvtlege of sleeping in Mrs. Sieferds shack • back of the Times office. When Mrs. reek Sieferd arose Monday morning she and found Ross lying in his blood and thought at first he had died of hemorr- - NIL Erwin 'I'. Eveleth is trying to gross a dusky mustache. We don't k°\\' what ki\d of hick he will have with a butcher knife. She called Mr. but hope he is successful. f A. A. Fresman, who helped her dress As Misis Rolfe was wending her ; , winsome -way to Dry wolf, she saw a large black bear, which looked as , large as a grizzle)—to her. When she tasted for Otter Creek Stinday we sl'ggested that she take a gun, which she did. We ate hopIn,aM1ss.Ed1tlr Sunday we enjoyed a pleasent visit from NI r. and NIrs. Perin and Mr. and NIrs. \Varren who drove here from Stanford to see the beautiful scenery of Dry Wolf Canyon. was a station last week. NVr. NI vets is the ranger sta- tioned on the Judith. Sun River Degree Nits, K. Er the weather oh- Great Fall/Landes June 13: This server. .states that the piecipitairon for afternoon J ud ge Jere 'H. L es li e . of the month of Ni as was 3.28 inches department N11, 1 nut 1he district court, and the pitai fall of SHIM as 10.5 in- affixed his sig . nat ore to the decree in clies. - 1the Sun river water rights adjudication Chas.1 - ay Ion branded his calves last I case, one of the most important signa- Saturday . tufts; in one of the most important de- crees in one of the most important Charley Stuart went to Great Falls NIondayl leases ever settled in Northern Nloma- na. \V all the signing of the decree the ii as is Nlaster red Edwar s has been is - inn Master Rolfe Eveledi the last \r elk ' d ,\ p \ c , P \ si s r \\ - , non work on the Sun riser reisamation ieek. He expects to retion home the . project, a few miles west of Great coming week, ails, where the goiernment is ill -re- ForeA Rangers NI organ and Eveledi claim between 80.000 and 100.1100 killed a large brown bear the lirsr 01 res of tine auricultural land within the month. 1the next 10 years. I lie signing of the decree uimeauis Mere become immediate - Horses Strayed $10 Reward Is available for the proset•otton of 'sunk Team of geldings, lso and him kJ on the Sim liver projN $3,778,000. branded V lazy S on left thigh. Will appropriated In the last congress to be pas $111 new for inform:1min or re- expended on the Sun titer irrigation for torn of same.—NI. l3\' RN ES. Geyser. enterprise bs• the y ear 1914. hage of the lung—but on closer inves- tigation found Ile had cut his wrists the wounds and bring back conscious - 'less. He had bled profusely and n •us thought the thickening of the ,blood was all that saied hint from bleed- ing to death. He is as taken to the Great Falls Hospital on Mondas's flyer- by Bert Crabtree is ho came to tried to end his life, it is not positively known as he claimed before leaving for Great Falls that he simply tried to bleed himself thinking it would relieve him of some of his pain. When he could not stop the pain he became too weak to call for aSsistance, lie has been havitts crinsiskrable heart trouble lately, it is said, is hit h caused him untold agony, which is thought to have been the direct Cause of the act. S. C. PUR Y, GEYSER, MONTANA.. Dealer in General Merchandise Geyser will celebrate this year with a grand old-time and you are cordially invited to come and spend the day with us. 41 You will need for the Fourth of July a lot of new clothes in the line a new suit, a pair of shoes, shirts, neckties, and a dozen other things. / L . We have a full and complete stock of all you will need and if you are going to need a ( new suit come in at once and let us measure you for a tailor-made suit that we will guarantee to fit, and to be one of the best values you ever bought in the clothing line. A Full line of Fireworks, Flags and Japanese , Lanterns are on the road now and will be here within a few days. S. C. PURDY, Geyser, Montana celebration, FLOUR chosen