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t • • & - VOL. \ . .\ 4 \V• 7 , 7 r ft 4 : ? ;:y r W , F antN • - „_. . . „ • - \ ce e. A. • GEYSER, MONT.; JANUARY 4, 1912 , •••••• • • NO. 42 Year 1911 Death of John Anderson John Anderson, a range rider well ; known in this part of the country, died i Prosperous in Great Falls Wednesday morning.1 The Tribune says: John Anderson, an old resident of ' this section of the state, who formerly ; resided at 917 Seventh avenue north, died at Columbus hospital yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. The body was removed to George's undertaking es- tablishment and the funeral will be Enjoys '. held after the arrival in the city of a Norris sister -from -St. Paul. Mr. Anderson %yes a 55 years of age and had been a resident of 'the state for !about twenty years. He was formerly upl • a range rider for the Great Falls Meat company and Robert Johnson. He is survived by a sister residing in St. Paul and by a niece, Miss Agnes Johnson of Boulder. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the andinavian Brotherhood. been little short of marvelous, espec- OPfiortunities in Montana Never Better, Says Governor Norris • in Chicago Trihne Under the caption \Montana Prosperous 1911,\ Governor recently *wrote a boosting article for the Chicago Tribune Which was in part as follows: - When it comes to the casting of accounts there will be plentiful evi- dence that the year 1911 has been a most prosperous one for the state of Montana. It will be so as regards all the industries, and, in some instances, the progress will be shown to have WIy in the eyes of those who aee not informed as to the condit ons in the state. ! Down in Virginia the other day a - In the great industry of mining, man went into a store to buy a saw. in which Montana has been promi- He saw the kind he wanted and asked nent since the early days of the tern- the price. It was $1.65 the dealer tory, the production for the year is ; said. nearly normal, while the prices oh- - Good gracious!\ said the man. \I I tallied for the metals are about equal' can get the same thing from Sears, I to those obtaining for the past two or Roebuck & Co. for $1.35. - three years. 'That's less than it costs me,\ said 'The number of livestock marketed the dealer, - but I'll sell it on the same during the year has decreased some- terms as the mail-order house just the what, this of course being due in some same.\ measure to the low price of sheep. - All right,\ said the customer, you However, the increased price obtain- can send it along and charge it to my able for cattle will operate to bring the account.\ total receipts in this industry to some-; - Not on your life,\ the dealer re - thing like the normal figure. ! plied. \No charge' -account. You - One need not go far to find an can't do business with the mail-ordei explanation of the falling off in the house that way. Fork over the cash.\ number of livestock. It is due in large degree to the breaking up of the large ranches that were in years past devoted exclusively to grazing but which have recently been found of value agriculturally when cropped tin- der scientific dry farming methods. And so, while it may be true that there is a decrease in the number of livestock. the loss in this item will be outweighed many times In- the building of pros- (('ontinued on page 2) A Mail Order Deal The customer complied. \Now 2 cents for postage and 5 cents for a money order. - ; \What—\ \Certainly you have to send a letter and a money order to a mail-order house, you know.\ The customer inwardly raving, kept ; to his agreement and paid the nickel. - Now 25 cents expressage.\ - Well, I'll be —,- he said, but paid it, saying. \Now hand me that Geyser Catholic Church Bank Elects Officers The 1 tist State Bank of Geyser, Built 191.1 il a t el i d ts o a n nt N ii . i e a ‘ l v mee d o a f v. stoc ele th ted olde th rs, e * ost , Services were held for the first time in the new Catholic church Sunday, December 31. Rey. Father C. Denes of Belt conducted the services. The last indebtedness on the building and furnishings has been provided for and the dedication will take place in the near future. saw, and I'll take it home and be rid of this foolery.\ - Hand it to you? Where do you think you are? You're in Vitginia and in Chic:ter). and you'll have to wait two weeks for that saw. - • 1'hereupon the dealer hung the saw on the peg and put the money in the ; cash drawer. \That makes $1.67,\ he said. \It has cost you 2 cents more and taken two weeks longer to get it than if you had paid my price in the first place. - -Square Dealer. Come in and subscribe for the Times for your friends in the east. They will enjoy learning about the development . of your home community. following directors: A. J.Stough. Peter y am ,. N. M. sike; Win. Kernaghan; 1Mr. M. Jensen, S. C. Purdy and A. • A. Freseman, Jr. The directors met on January 3 and elected officers as follows: S. C. Purdy, president; Peter Vann, vice president; A. A. Freseman, Jr., Cashier. These are the same officers and di- rectors as last year. except H. D. My- rick, who has disposed of his mock in the institution, M. M. Jensen being Crop Outlook Never Better Fran Strouf Predicts Big Yield in Judith Basin for the Com- ing Year Frank Strouf. one of the prominent business men of Stanford. was in t4e city a few days this week. says the Fergus County Democrat. In speak- ing of the crop outlook for the coming elected in his stead on the board of year, NIT - . Strouf was most optimistic. directors, and Peter Vann.being elected I H e sa id : - I have never seen condi- tions better for a good wheat crop than they are at present. While there has been a great deal of cold weather, much The annual election of officers of snow has fallen and there have been no Geyser Camp No, 10887 was held thaws that would injure the Saturday evening, Dec. 30, the follow- ing Neighbors being elected: Joseph Strong, Consul, A. J. Abbey, Advisor. Andrew Hedman. Banker. J. A. Sanders, Clerk. Michael Byrne, Escort. L. F. Coughlin, Watchman, Oscar Snanson. Sentry. Managers — Wm. Kernaghan, years; Lee Benedict, 2 years; J. Hen- ley, 1 year. There will he a public installation of officers on Saturday evening, Janu- ary 27, at Olson's Hall. Now that there is a_ good place to _meet, there Crop as a whole into consideration, I should be a large attendance at regular predict that with a continuation of the meetings, and it was voted to carry same favorable conditions that have members for only one assessment, existed thus far, it will be one of the Come in boys, and attend meetings. vice president in his place. M. W. A. Elects Officers crop. Another feature that should be taken into consideration is that the crop that was planted last fall was put in the ground in better shape than any crop ever planted in the Judith Basin. The ground was better prepared and farm- ers have begun to realize that the value of good work on the ground in order 3 , to get good results. Some of the crop was sown quite late, but I believe the unusually good condition in which the ground was placed will make up for the lateness of sowing. Taking the Change in Time of Train 242 It is announced that commencing next Sunday a new schedule is to be put into effect on the Great Falls -Bill- ings branch of the Great Northern, the principal change being in train No. 242. Under the proposed change this train, • mm hich leaves Great Fdlls at 7 a. m. mm ill leave at 11:30 a. m. The new ' schedule is very unsatisfactory to the traveling men working out of Great Falls but to the people residing in the I small towns along the line it will be. welcomed, as at present one must spend a day and two nights in Great Falls in ' order to do any business at the stores, while under the proposed new schedule they can go to the Falls and get back I ' the next day. biggest the Basin has ever known.\ New Year Dance One of the most pleasant social events of the winter was the basket party and dance given New Year's night at Spion Kop. by the ladies of the Catholic church. There was a large attendance from all the adjacent country and everybody reported a tine time. Twenty - seven baskets were sold at prices ranging from $1.50 to $4.00. and the sum of $80.60 was raised. After paying all expenses the ladies report the sum of $58.35 as the net proceeds, which will be donated Ito the church building fund. PURDY TRADING COMPANY GEYSER, MONTANA Cash will buy cheaper than Credit! We have just received a new car of the famous BRAND FLOUR that we will offer you from now until Jan. 31 at the following prices for spot cash without discount Rex Brand Flour Rex Brand Flour Rex Brand Flour in 1000 -lb. lots—per cwt. in 500 -lb. lots—per cwt. in single sacks—per cwt $2.75 REX \ From now until Jan. 31 we will sell you for spot cash without discount - 100 pounds Granu- lated Sugar for $5.95 or 16 pounds for $2.80 $3.00 $1.00 We invite you to investigate our prices in all lines, and remember we guarantee all goods purchased a this store to be of good quality or money refunded. PURDY TRADING COMPANY
