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Hie Lake Shore Sentinel SAM Y. B. WILLIAMS, Publisher Only Newspaper Published on the Flathead Reservation SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ........ . ............... . $2.50 Six Months..................... .......... 1.50 Three M onths .......... .......... 1.00 in advance Application rondo for Entrance at postoffice in Poison, Montana, aa second class mail matter Foreign advertising accepted at same price charged local patrons. Rates furnished upon ap plication. Letters for publication accepted only when written on one sido o f paper and accompanied by name o f the author. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY FOREWORD Following an established custom among newspapers making their first appearance, the editor feels it incumbent upon himself to say a few words concerning the policy and purpose of The Lake Shore Sentinel, and giving the reasons for its being conceived and brought forth. Primarily, The Sentinel is a busi ness institution, established in a business community and to be run on business principles. Its main object, besides that of being a news purveyor, is to bring to the atten tion of its readers the many advan tages of the Flathead country in general and the town of Poison in particular—and in this it will not pursue a course detrimental to other sections. Such an undertaking as that named is one of gigantic pro portions, for the opportunities to be found here are so many and so varied as to make it the work of a life time to exploit them—but to see this favored section swell into bud and burst from hud into the full bloom of its own, and to know that The Sentinel was even partial ly instrumental in bringing about that result, will in later years be a source of compensation and comfort to its editor and founder. The columns of this paper will be open at all times to those having ideas or suggestions affecting the public weal, and for discussion pro and con on all publio questions; they will be closed to anyone who seeks to make of them a vehicle in which to air personal differences. Realizing that many stout and able crafts of the type journale have been ripped asunder on the seem- ingly placid but always turbulent sea o f politics, this paper will affili ate with no political organization. This course has been decided upon after some years of consideration, during which the editor has found that when a journal allies itself with either of the political parties, it must support and work for “ the ticket,” regardless of whether the candidate on that ticket be an aspir ant for office with a desire to hon estly serve and protect the interests of those whose suffrage he solicits, or whether he be the traditional “ yellow dog.” In other words, “ Politics makes strange bedfellows” and the editor of The Sentinel is a trifle particular as to who shall share his bed. On all questions affecting the in terest of those whom The Sentinel serves, the editor of this paper will present insofar as possible all phases of the matter, and then use what argument and persuasive power he possesses in favor of that side which he considers best— and the reader can exercise the same right as that retained by the editor, of forming and acting upon his own opinion. In this way alone can this news paper fulfill its mission as such, and at the same time give to the public an honest quid pro quo. However much such a happily unique condition might be hoped for, it is not expected that this paper will please everyone. From the mere fact that its policy will be dictated by one individual and that it must perforce partake of that in dividual’s personality, this condition is precluded; there was never yet an individuality that could attract and hold a place in the affeotion and es teem of all men of all minds. The meek and lowly Nazarene approach ed nearer this state than any being who ever Walked among men, and this is attested by the fact that all the Christian world recognize in Him the only perfeot One who ever inhabited the earth—and yet the holy Jesus could not please the Jewish people. In its attitude upon all questions The'Sentinel will be conscientious, but its editor not being infallible, it must needs make mistake»; it will at all times acknowledge these errors and thank the one who points them out, for the editor believes with Penn that “ A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong; it is but saying in another way that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” On the above policies The Senti nel is published and sent out, and in the undertaking the moral and financial support of the people of Poison and the Flathead country in general is asked. S am Y. B. W illiams . -------- ® -------- HOME8 FOR A L L The land drawing, eagerly looked forward to by the people of this section for many long years, is at last over and the winners announced. The percentage of lucky ones in the number who registered for the drawing is very small, but the spirit of those who failed to draw is one of kindness and good will toward those who were more fortunate and all join in pronouncing the drawing one of the most satisfactory and re sulting in the least friction, of any that has ever been held in the coun try. The work of both the notaries and the applicants was carefully performed and the instructions closely followed,while that o f Judge James W . Witten, in superintend ing the drawings, could not be im proved upon. Already some of those who were successful in drawing Flathead lands have come into the country to cruise over the ground, and this will con tinue until next April, when the last claim will be settled upon by its future owner. Many of these people will come from the east, and to'these the opportunities and pos sibilities here will be a revelation. Accustomed to much hard work and small returns m the farming of worn out lands in the east, but a few short years will elapse until they have amassed a competency by the intelligent farming of the fer tile lands of this favored section. T o the people who have and will come among us, The Sentinel, on behalf of the people generally of the Flathead country, extends a hearty welcome, and to those of the regis trants who were unsuccessful in the drawing of a homestead an invita tion is held out to come to Poison, engage in business and share that prosperity which we as a people now enjoy, assuring one and all a “ square deal” in this land of health, wealth and happiness. --------- ® --------- THE M ONEY LUST The average American is a most perverse being. In recent years much printers ink has been used in denunciation of the ruthless manner in which the corporations of the country are wont to bleed the “ dear public” of their money and then turn around and demand their money bag; the denunciation has been even more bitter in the air ex pended around the corner grocery and at other haunts of men. The grasping spirit is wholly bad, whether found among a body of men forming a corporation, or among individuals. Yet there is never an instance when the oppor tunity presents itself that the desire to get much for little does not come uppermost in the Amerioan nature. As an example, the Great Northern Railway company Jias very recently had run along the east shore of Flathead Lake, a survey for a pro posed railroad through the Flathead reservation. One would naturally suppose that the settlers through whose lands this proposed road would pass, with its resultant bene fits in the way of affording trans portation facilities and enhancing the value of their lands, would hold out every inducement in their power to hurry the coming of the great civilizer, the railroad. On the con trary, they have allowed the spirit of gain to obsess theta and are ask ing prohibitive prices for their lanti holdings. For instance, ranchers who a short time since would have1 accepted the same or a less figure for their farms, are now asking fiftten and twenty thousand dollars a mile for a strip to be used as a railroad right of way. In recent years the people of this seotion have spent much time and money in an effort to bring to tlve attention of the outside world the opportunities for investment in this country of . matchless resources and possibilities; it were more than use less to expend this money if those who are in position to help materi ally in the upbuilding o f thiB bound less empire continue, as in the case cited above, to disoourage those who seek to invest capital here. ------- I&: ------- SAVE THE TIMBER The interior department of the government has been very active in withholding certain lands on the Flathead reservation from entry, for reclamation and other purposes. As to'the wisdom or folly of this course there is a wide diversity of opinion, some holding that the action will greatly increase the value of the lands and hence the income of those who will eventually own them,while others feel that the work will rfesult in injury to the lands and to the settlers. Lying in Flathead Lake are sev eral islands, small in extent but covered to the shore line with a wealth of timber. Some of the lands on these islands have been al lotted, and under present laws oth ers will be sold to settlers after the sale and removal of the timber. W ould it not be better that the gov ernment had reserved these timber lands, rather than much of the best agricultural land of the reservation? Once the timber is cut from these islands, they will become not com ponent parts of a beautiful pano rama that never fails to impress the visitor with the natural beauty of Flathead Lake, as they are today, but mere unsightly blotches upon an erstwhile pleasing scene. Future years Will probably wit ness these islands transformed into summer homes and resorts, places of rest and quiet for the many who will live and toil in the cities ant upon the farms of this vast section of country. Denude them of their: virgin growths of timber and they will lose the charm which they noW possess, for artificial foliage can never approach in grandeur the natural, and the hand of man can never construct a landscape equal in beauty to one builded by Nature. There are lands enough in this great valley to make homes for and support in affluence a million peo ple; let the people of the Flathead country in general join a movement looking to the preservation unmo lested of the natural growth of tim ber now covering and making beau tiful the islands of Flathead Lake. -------- S -------- ¥ L U M B E R L A T H S H I N G L E S P O L S O N L U M B E R Wholesale and Retail Dealers Espeoial attention is direoted to the notice appearing elsewhere in this issue of the call from Mr. Ryan, industrial agent of the Great North ern railway, for a grain exhibit from the Mission valley. This is a matter in which every rancher, and every business man as well, in the valley should take a vital interest. Grains and grasses from every state and county in the west will be dis» played in the exhibit building o f the Great Northern at St. Paul, and thousands of people will view them. Specimens of the grain grown in this*valley, than which there is none finer, can not fail to bring favora ble attention to this seotion. --------- © --------- The Sentinel takes espeoial pleas ure in calling the attention of its \eaders to the splendid showing made in the advertising columns of this its first issue. There is no bet ter index to the business life of a city than through the support ac corded by the merchants to their looal paper; and in this, as in every thing else, the business men of Poi son show themselves to be in the vanguard in all that goeB for the making of a oity. ----- _ ® --------- . If your town is good enough to live in, boost for it; if you can’t boost for it— move. S A S H D 0 0 . R S P A P E R Even Widths Even Grades ’ a Mill work that is right. Goes together w stays together on a building H . H . E D W A R D S . . . . . M a n a g e r
