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He says: \Having been a regular subscriber and reader of your paper for some years past, I note with much interest an article wellowritten on the opportu- nities there are in the Canadian north- west. In your issue of September 10. headed 'Emigration's Tide is Toward Canada -Government Spends Three Million Dollars to Induce Men and Money to Leave the United States - Homesteading NI itch Easier in Canada Than in the United States -Any per- son, man or woman, who is the head of a family, or any unmarried person, man or woman, who is 18 years old, may -take up a quarter section of land.' Now having lived in Alberta for fiv e years up till four years ago, since which time I have lived in Montana, and be- ing well posted on the homestead laws both on the Canadian side as well as this. I claim the writer is utterly wrong on this assertion, as, the facts are just reversed from his claim -namely, a woman not being the head of a family cannot take up land on the Canadian side' while they can on this side, all that is required of them is that they be of age. Again, one can prove up on land on this side by commuting at 14 months if they wish, while they cannot do so on the Canadian side, so wherein can you show that it is easier to take tip lands and prove them up on the Canadian side than on this side? \As proof of this I enclose you a marked copy of the Canadian home- stead laws. The writer of that article failed to state that a farmer has to pay $185 to $190 for an eight foot cut binder while on this side, in the 'Da- kotas or Montana, they will sell for $150 to $160. They fail to tell you that all machinery sells about on the same proportion. They fail to tell voii that kerosene sells for around 22 to 25 cents. In figuring up the emigrants going from here to Canada, the fail to say how many have conic from Can- ada to these United States during that same period. In the past thtee years our land office alone has made some 22,000 filings. \I know Personally a great number of these are people who came from across the line, and they are coming still. Now why is this if things are so rosy on the Canadian side. Three millions being spent by the Canadian government to induce people from this side of the line to locate across the line, all of which is pretty true, but if this government spent one -halt of this amount in advertising the facts it would keep a large per cent of this emigration at home, in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana, any one of which offers in the long run just as good inducements to that settler as ari offered on the Canadian side of the line. They do not tell you of the fre- quent frosts they have year after year, nor of the many grades of wheat, even up to 6. 7 and 8, and even no grade at times. - Then why, in the name of com- mon sense, are people induced to go across the line when just as good op- portunity awaits them at home? - Let me say that just now our gov- ernment has opened up for settlement some 400,000 acres of as fine land as any on the Canadian side. This land lies along the Nlarias river and west to the Blackfeet in northwestern Mon- tana, will be opened for filing by the middle of October, and is well situated as to railroads. Heretofore it was withheld by our government for irriga- I tion purposes, but lately has been or will be thrown on the market for . homesteading. This vast tract of land could have been settled, every acre of it, years ago if people only knew of it, or had it been handled in a -manner so it could have been taken up. 'There is a vast empire here in Montana just as good as any on the Canadian side of the line, awaiting de- velopment. It will be developed and when it is your city will be the great hub. - Alice Ilanson Burie4 at Belt ! Little Alice Hanson, who, died cud- denly last week NVednesday morning was buried in Belt Thursday alke.rn0011, dirte being quite a good sized: wend - :mile of friends of the family. The cause of the child's sudden illness and death as decided upon by physicians Chamberlain and Macaulay of -.Belt who made an examination Wednesday evening, was said to have been heart failure caused by internal complications resulting from a fall. On September 7th while on the •way home with her parents from Spion Kop, she fell from the wagon, and while the child never made any complaint, it is thought to have caused acute kidney trouble, as the parents recollected peculiar symp- toms of this without realizing the seri- ousness of the trouble. The last day she was in school was the last Friday in September when she participated in \spelling down\ the school, she being next to the one who stood up longest, both missing the same word. Mon- day being a bad day, she stayed home and in the afternoon was . taken with spells of vomiting which increased in violence until the end which came on Wednesday morning about 8 o'clock. Little Alice was nine years Six months and two days old and was the second oldest of a family of four children of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hanson who live in Highwood Gap. She was of a bright and sunny disposition and will be sadly missed by her parents and friends. School Report The following is the report of ths Geyser school for the month ending lOctober 6, 1911: Number pupils enrolled, 16. Number days taught, 20. Total number days attendance, 236. I Average daily attendance. 11.8. Those present every day - Leslie . Simpson, Carl Hedman, 1-Valter Simp- son. Dave Simpson. • Those absent one day -Ella Hoff- man, Mamie Hedman. Visitors, 1. CORA V. CLAPPER, Teacher. Subscribe for The Gey ser Times. Runaway Accident Tttesday morning, while on the wiay home from Geyser to their home on Martin creek, Louis Ludtke and wife were the victims of a runaway acci- dent. Mrs. Ludke sustaining a fracture of the right ankle and Mr. Ludtke be- ing badly bruised. They left town about eleven o'clock \and had proceeded as far as the Home icanch when in descending the grade .% here the Mad crosses the creek a aingletree which had been broken pre- viously, dropped down, frightening the horses and making them unmanage- able. hIrs, Ludtke, fearing they might be thrown out, jumped from the rig, while Mr. Ludke hung on to the team Until the buggy tongue dropped. They were brought to town by a farmer who happened to be in that vi - '1 with a rig. Temporary relief was arforded until train time, No. 43 being stopped for the purpose of tak- ing them to Great Falls, where Mrs. Ludtke Was taken to the Deaconess hospital, and at last repo.t was resting easy. No great damage was done to the 'g. The horses Were easily caught and brought to town. Reception to Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Sikes > The reception to Rev. and Mrs. E. 13. Sikes held at the Congregational church Monday evening was well at- I tended and a good time enjoyed by all present. Nearly everybody in toNN n regardless of church affiliation or na- tionality was present to pay their re- ' spects the pastor and his wife and enjoy the hospitality of the ladies of the community who arranged the af- fair. Singing, social conversation and the renewing of acquaintances made !flit; time pass enjoyably. Luncheon 'consisting of sandwiches, cake and cof- fee was served, after which a neat stini of money was presented to Rev. and Mrs. Sikes as a wedding present from: the people of Geyser and vicinity, with the hope that it would come in handy in helping to furnish their new home at Nihill. Mr. A. A. Freseman made . I ' the presentation in a few appropriate words testifying to the popularity and ' ! esteem in which the recipients are held • here, to which Rev. and Mrs. Sikes each responded feelingly. Saloon Robbed at Stanford Lewistown Daily News (October 6): ;sheriff Woods was informed this morning of a robbery and safe crack- ing at Stanford which has some un- usual features connected with it. Sometime between the hours of midnight and daylight three men broke into the rear of the Phil Coppage saloon at Stanford and took out his big safe, loading it on a wagon, which they had backed up to the building, and carried it out of town a couple of miles, where the safe was blown open with dynamite. The wagon track' leading from town was plainly visible and soon after fhe discovery of the robbery was made men were on the trail. The deputy sheriff at Stanford started on a clue which might lead to the arrest of the guilty parties. The track was followed out to a held two miles from Stanford, removed from any dwelling house, where the robbers blew up the safe at their leisure and without fear of awak- ening anyone. That three men are suspected of the robbery due to the fart that early in the morning a stranger on 'he Stanford streets was held up by three men who had just arrived in town in a wagon. It is believed that these three men are the ones who cracked the safe. They seciised 75 cents from the man they held up, but the loot obtained from the safe included over $200 in cash. The Officers are working on the case and developments are expected at any time. Walter McKay Discharged The preliminary hearing of the case brought against Walter McKay, by a partner of his in the butcher business at Benchland, charging him with ' criminal assault, came up before J udge • Foley at I.ewistown Thursday. The hearing was held behind closed doors. ; The evidence was not sufficient to hold him for trial, and Judge Foley dis- missed the case against him. Right -of -Way For New Line Great Northern Cut -Off to Leave Present Line at Hauck's Sid- ing, Near Hobson The activities of the Great Northern railroad in the vicinity of Lewistown, according to i.e Lewistown Daily News, leaves no doubt about its inten- tion to start construction of that section of the Mondak cut-off on the Great Falls main line west. This statement is in keeping with the expressions of opinion of some -who accompanied the party of Great Northern officials on the inspection of that Mute when the trip Ve a § made from Great Falls a few days ago. Mr. Hull, the right-of-way agent, is now negotiating for the right-of-way from the ranchers whose lands will be , traversed by the new road. It will be only a matter of a short time until all of the right-of-way will . be owned by the railroad company. Detailed surveys of the entire route tiave.been made and are already in the hands' of contractors. It will not take long to award the contract and work can begin within a few weeks if the weather will permit operations to be carried on. The News learns that . the route which has been definitely decided on is the one which leaves the main line k qf the Billings & Northern at Hauck's siding. This town is located five miles south of Hobson .and thirty miles from Lew istown. 'Die new road will have a length of thirty miles. Two other starting . points on the present main line were looked. upon with favor, viz., Hobson and Mocca- sin. However, for various reasons, it has been decided to take the Hand.: route. No engineering difficulties are to be overcome by this route. Hom - ever a big bridge is required over the neighbors and friends who gave as- J u di t h r i ver. sistance and sympathy in our recent bereavement. -MR. & NI RS. JOHN I Try Acme range coal and be con - II ANSON. Ninced.-HARNI -- .Y & ADAMS. Card of Thanks We desire to sincerely thank the - Meet Me Face to Face at Purdy's Dry Goods 15c , Pe id r e cale i s sc 36 pe k r h y e d s 1 11„ Outing Flannels, Cw2V , heavy, all colors -special at 12'2c per yd. is c Flannelettes - 15c per yard Be sure to see our line of yard goods; we have nolie but the best. We defy any store to make a nicer showing of Ladies' silk Waists in the long and kimono sleeves; all colors; made of hest materials and are strictly guaranteed. - '4 Bearskin and 'Velvet Coais for Children. Ladies' Silk Petticoats $3.50 to $4.50, Men's and Wo After going through our Shoe Stock we find that we will have too many shoes after our new stock arrives, so we are going to close all our Men's & Women's Dress Shoes out at a reduction in price. For Men $6.00 Shoes at $5.10 $5.00 Shoes at $4.35 $4.50 Shoes at $3.85 $4.00 Shoe at $3.35 men's 1Dress Shoes at Less ‘111111MMEN=MIY.A.Aii111, Sweaters for Ladies &Children As! Arrived American Lady and American Gentleman Shoes are included in this reduction until Nov. 21. You will find on our bargain tables some \odds and ends\ in shoes at very low prices. For Women $4.00 Shoes at $3.45 $3.75 Shoes at $3.15 $3.50 Shoes at $2.95 $3.00 Shoes at $2.45 Ladies' Skirts -High Waist - Voile, Panamas„Cerges and Worsteds This is to be called \GET THE HABIT. OF MEETING ME FACE To FACE AT THE PURDY TRADING , OON CONTEST. where you save this series of ads, numbered .1 to 10. •I 'urn in the complete set of ads dipped from this paper and %ie still allow $1.00 in trade on a $5.00 pbrchase, and a r hance on a $5.00 American Gentleman Shoe or a $5.00 Utz & Dunn Shoe tor Ladies. This is Ad No. 2. gr* \SW 11,WT7 - 7 ,- PURDY TRADING COMPANY Coats: Skirts Ladies, we ask you to get our prices before you buy. We can furnish you the styles cheaper than any city store. W E haven't space to describe the many new things, but we wish to emphasize our invita- tion to you to visit our store. We feel that with a little of your supporfthere can be no chance to mar our plans to carry any- thing you want. Remember, we do just as we advertise! We pay 50c to $1.00 a dozen more for our hose than other merchants et y we sell them to you at the price others charge. : 4 1 • .t
