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ONLY NEWSPAPER POLISHED tif; THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION VOL. POLSON, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909 $2.50 PE R Y E A R HIST08IC OLD FORT IS REHABILITATED STEPS TAKEN TO PRESERVE AN OLD LANDMARK OF MONTANA. GIRL TREiTEDJEARTLESSLY Other Interesting Items of Happen ings Over the Treasure State During the Past Week. The trustees in charge of the ap propriation made for the preservation and restoration of the remains of the old fort at Fort Benton, aided .by. the'local Daughters o f the Revo lution and Old Fort Benton Society, have been doing good work this summer. . The grounds have been surveyed; enclosed and leveled, pre paratory to making a lawn on some portions o f it, and a neat flag pole has been erected. The foundations of the old gable ends and thé old bastiou have been strengthened by concrete, and the bastion has been thoroughly reinforced and braced within and without by timbers and rods. This work was done just in time, as the old structure was about to come down. Steps have been taken by smoke farmers o f the Deer Lodge valley to carry their big case to the circuit court of appeals. Last week their at torneys, R. L. Clinton and 0. M. Sawyer, filed a petition for appeal and an assignment of errors with the clerk of the United States court. The papers allege 25 errors on the part o f Judge Hunt in deciding against the smoke farmers and . in favor of the Washoe and Anaconda companies. One reason specified is that the farmers were willing to. ar bitrate the case after the master in chancery decided against them.' Another allegation.is that agents of the companies had made the threat to keep up the fight in the . courts until the farmers did' not have enough money left to buy breakfast. Uhder the federal law, a circuit judge cannot pass on a motion of the kind filed. The papers in this case will be sent to one o f the judges of the circuit court of appeals. Ignorant o f the wiles of the city, little' Eva Bustina of Havre is mourning the loss o f $350, the say ings of years or hard work in the kitchen at $25 a month. She was lured from Havre by a woman whom she calls Mrs. May Evagate and a male companion, who promised ber a partnership in a business in Butte qnd a job at at least $50 a month. To a girl who had worked like a slave for a pittance, the offer sound ed good, so she left her placé' in Havre, drew $400 out of the bank, bought a trunk aud some clothes with $50, and took ihe . train with ‘ tbe pair who duped her. On the train Mrs. Evagate told her of the holdups in Butte, and suggested that she turn over the money to her for safe keeping. This the girl did, and Mrs. Evagate then disap peared, after paying the girl’s room rent in Butte for a week in advance. In Judge McClernan’s court at Anaconda last week Blanche Clar- idge tried to get a divorce from Earl M. Claridge on the ground of desertion and non support, but when she told Judge MoClernan that be fore she married Claridge at Dillon on May 3, 1008, they entered into an agreement not to live together as husband and wife, and that they kept that pact, the judge told her she had no cause of action and a divorce was denied her. The woman liad formerly resided at Glendale, inBeaverhead county, and also at' Dillon and knew Claridge intimately before their marriage. They also have a child, a litile girl. On the witness stand Mrs. Claridge testified that after the marriage they lived $papt. Claridge went to Rochester, y?|iere he is now residing. She re fused to go there to live with him,; and he refused-to live with her any where else. Then, too, his parents were opposed to him living with her anywhere. Judge McClernan saw nothing in the evidence to constitute a legal desertion and denied decree. The most successful state fair in Montana’s history ended Saturday. Except for one day the weather was good, and the attendance exceeded last year’s by about 5,000. The racing was not as good as heretofore anil the amusement features were not up to the standard, but in every other way thé fair was better th$n ftny ever’ given. 'Dismantling of exhibits began Saturday afternoon. Some were sold-to Helena dealers, some goes to the permanent exhibit at St. Paul, some to Omaha and some to Billings. Judgment by default against tbe Garnet Gold Mining company of Pony in favor o f Ole Peterson for $4,432.87 and costs o f $12.90 has been rendered in the distriot court at Virginia* City; The suit was originally begun by Andrew Stew art, assignee of, the miners employ ed at the. mine at the time it was closed down under attachment pro ceedings several months ago, and was for wages due the miners at tbe time o f the shutdown. The name of Ole Peterson was later substituted as plaintiff in tbe case. LUCKY ONES ARE SLOWLY NUMBER NOT 80 GREAT AS WAS AT FIRST ANTICIPATED. ARE VAITING?NTIL SPRING All Those Who Have Viewed Land& Thus Far Express Themselves as OTHER T0WNS1TES WILL BE SOLD IN NOVEMBER WID be Auctioned on November 16 at the Missoula Land Office. In response to inquiry from this office, The Sentinel was this week informed by 'the receiver of thé United States land office at Mis soula that the sale of the remaining townsites of the Flathead reserva tion would be held at the above office on the 16th day of November. These townsites are Ravalli, Arlee, Dixon, Ronan and St. Ignatius, all of which are located in Missoula county. The Mièsoula office has received from the department at Washington the appraisement list of each town- site, together with approved plats. Copies of these can be had by ap plying to land office. Accompany ing the plats and other papers is a letter froin Fred Dennett, commis sioner of the general land office, giving directions in regard to pref erence fights and other important matters. The Missoula office is di rected to reserve lots and blocks, n o t . to exceed ten acres, in each towoslte ¿of school, park and other publié purposes. Some lots in ejmh of the townsites excppt Ravalli were originally platted to be 25x140 or 15.0 feet. These were afterwards amended by consolidating thé 25 foot lots to make them conform to the requirements of tbe statute. The law requires the sale of a regu lar statutory lot in its entirety. Should there be two preference- right applicants on a consolidated lot, they will be permitted to pre sent a joint application therefor if they so desire, but if they should not, the first occupant otherwise entitled shall have the sole right to purchase the entire 50-foot lot on which be has improvements. Tjle notice of “ filing and appraise ments” must in this case contain the datd fixed for the public sale, November 16, 1909, so preference- right claimants may know the time they bave in which to file their ap plications. - THE MINING CONGRESS URGED MUCH NEEDED LEGISLATION Ï The American mining congress' closed its twelfth session at Gold field Saturday at noon after adopt ing a resolution calling upon the national government to pass laws against granting perpetual fran chises for water or power rights in western states, and urging that sim ilar state legislation be passed with out waiting for congressional action. The apex law, under which the discpverer o f a mineral lode or vein can follow it outside the . lines of his claim, was another subject of discussion, and its repeal, with the substitution of a law making the side lines of a claim its limits when continued downward' vertically, was urged. ' Wildcat mining schemes were placed under the ban by the con gress, which urged state and na tional legislation to prevent the operators of such schemes from diverting money of investors that might otherwise be used in devel oping legitimate properties. John G. Richards o f Boise,Idaho, tbe retiring president o f the con gress, was given a handsome silver service by the delegates. A local branch of the congress, with tem porary headquarters at Goldfield, was organized with 300 charter members. Los Angeles and Spokane devel oped a lively rivalry for the next session of the congress. This ques tion will be decided by the execu tive comrnitteo. The number o f people coming into the conntry thiiB far to look oyer the lands of the Flathead res ervation is not so great as was at firBt anticipated, but of those who have come there is not one who has not been favorably impressed with the lands and have signified their intention of taking tip homesteads' at the time ot .filing next April;. It is estimated that only about 25 per cent, of those who were success* ful in tbe recent drawing will take up the lands, though this is only a matter of conjecture. A great many bolding numbers are delaying, their trips over the land until March, with the idea of making one trip answer for the viewing of the ground and filing. J. E. Glenn, manager o f the Poi son branch of the Flathead Invest ment company, has shown several parties over the grounds of tbe res ervation. In conversation with a representative of The Sentinel this' week he said: •< “ The parties holding numbers arei coming in slowly, many o f them, preferring to go over the ground in the spring just prior, to the time for filing. My company has thus far bandied perhaps one hundred of. those who were fortunate in the' drawing, and without, exception alt of these have expressed themselves as pleased with tbe conntry and im- from typhoid, alter a . short illness. The body was removed to George’s undertaking rooms, where it was prepared for. shipment, and was ¿¡»taken from the city at 3:50 p. m. today to Havre for burial, accom panied by the mother and Mr. Ober. The funeral will take place at Havre.” ¡7 \ -- ----- ® -------- . R. F. .Hollingsworth of Kalispell arrived in Poison this week to take charge of the work of installing the dynamo and the wiring at the Pol son plant o f the Northern Idaho & Montana Power, company. Mr. Hol lingsworth will be remembered as the gentleman who superintended the wiring and pole work in Poison last fall. _ — -® ------- ilities. . “ The percentage, o f looators is greater among those wbo are going over the ground now' than it will be with the parties who come In next spring, for the reason thaff climatic conditions at that .time w ill make the trip disagreeable. Slid conse quently will give m&'niy:. d wrong idea o f the country?' The faot of their going over the ground in March, before the Snows of winter have entirely disappeared, will per haps deter many from filing who would take up homesteads if they could view the lands under more favorable conditions. “ The people most interested in looking over tbe lands are western men who are familiar with farming conditions. About ninety per cent, of the people holding numbers are not farmers, and among these tbe interest in tbe lands is passive. Many, who would like to take up the lands are prevented from doing so by the homestead requirements of the government. Among the latter are railroad and traveling men, a great many of whom were success ful in the drawing. .Many of those bolding numbers have not sufficient means to take up the lands and ful fill the requirements o f the govern ment, this class being limited large ly to women who were successful in the lottery. Considering everything, the highest estimate o f those who will file is 25 per cent, and this may be considerably lessened.” ------- ® ------- MISS MARGARET WENTWORR DIES IN HOSPITAL AT GREAT FALLS FLATHEAD COUNTY AT MONTANA STATE FAIR Helena Paper Speaks In High Terms of tbe Fruit Display. Speaking of the display from this county at the state fair in Helena last week, the Record of that city contained the following: Flathead county’s display is de voted wholly to orchard products, and as great as has been its efforts in the past, they are fairly eclipsed by the showing this year, which oc cupies the entire east side of the main inner court. The arrange ment is tasteful indeed, and never has there been so large or beautiful a display from any Montana county The chief exhibitors are the Flat head Fruit Growers’ Association ind Fred Whiteside, the latter tbe possessor o f one of the most exten sive orchard systems in the state. Mr. Whiteside’s display is situated in the center of the Flathead county Bpace and is composed of 240 boxes of McIntosh reds, McMahon white, Wagner, Wealthy and Pippin ap ples. lie was awarded, first prize on general display of apples, first res.se4.with itaagrioultural.poasi*; McIntosh reds and .second op the 'best five» boxes; . - The exhibit of the Flathead Fruit Growers’ Association consists o f 816 boxes of apples of the following yai'ieties: Spitzehberg, Red' June, ’¡fellow'Transparent, Northern Spy, Northwest Greening, Gvavenstein, Akin, Binoni, Alexander, Snow and Duchess. In addition- there is an excellent plate display o f apples and crabs at the south end of the Flat* head space. All in all, the Flat- head apples: constitute one of the largest as well as most attractive displays on the ground for this or any preceding year, and the collec tion speaks volumes for the inde fatigable efforts made not only in its collection, but arrangement as well. Several of the Alexander apples on display are as large as turnips and like their companions, are most tempting. POLSON LUMBER YARD BOUGHT BY FORMER NORTH DAKOTAN News reaohed Poison Monday of the death in a Great Falls hospital at an early hour that morning of Miss Margaret Wentworth, a yonng lady who made many friends daring a recent visit, in this city. Miss Wentworth, with her mother, Mrs. J. J. Ober, spent the summer with Mr. Ober in Poison, having left here just a little tnoreV than one month since for', Havre, where Miss Wentworth was to have! finished her school coarse this winter. Mr. Ober left here for Great Fallq Sunday, in response to a telegram announcing MisB Wentworth’s dangerous condi tion, but had not reached Jjer bed side before tbe end came. : The Great Falls Leader of Mon day contained the following men tion of Miss Wentworth’s death: “ Margaret Wentworth, the 17-year- old daughter o f Mrs. J. J. Ober of Havre, died this morning at 1 o’clock at the Qolumlbu$ hospital A deal was closed this week whereby O. L. Dowell, formerly of Lakota. N. D., who recently came to Poison, becomes sole owner of the Poison-Lumber company. The sale includes all the lumber, build- ings, yards, good will, etc., of the company, and Mr. Dowell will con duct tbe business alone in future. He will restock the yards with the b?st grades of lumber and in other ways fit it for a heavy business! H. H. Edwards, who has been manager o f tbe company since its establishment here, will leave with his family the first of the week for Wisconsin, their former home, to 'spend the winter. Mr, Edwards has property interests in Poison, and will return here in the spring to take up his permanent residence. Jnst what business he will engage in be has not yet decided. ATTENDANCE IS LARGE AT THE COUNTY FAIR IN KALISPELL -• Flathead county’s annual show is in progress this week, and the re port o f those who have attended is that it parallels if not excels any of the past successful events. The ex hibits and events are all of tbe highest order, and the attendance is said to be excellent. Much praise is beard of the man agement for the added feature of a Children’s Day at the fair. This is the day set aside for the children, aqd tbe juveniles have fnll charge of the big institution,. EASTERN MAGNATES LOOK 0TER POLSON OFFICIALS OF MILWAUKEE RAILROAD SPEND FEW HOURS HERE LATER TOUR MISSION VALLEY Party Was Composed of President Earllng and Several Directors of the Milwaukee System. Poison and the lower lake coun try is attracting attention not alone among those who are desirous of acquiring property interests in this fabulously rich section of country, but also from the railroad builders of the country because of the possi bilities to be found here in the way of business for the great civilizer. The party of officials of the Chi cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway company, who have been making a tour of inspection of the company’s new tranconticental line as well as of routes for proposed branch lines, visited Poison on Mon day, leaving here in the afternoon of the same day for a trip through the Mission valley. In the party were President A. J. Earling, Di rectors C. W. Harkness, D. G. Geddes, L. J. Pettit and P. A. Rockefeller, and Wm. R. Coffin. They were accompanied to Poison by Judge Smith of Kalispell, who bad been with the party on their trip through the upper Flathead country.. Besides the president and directors, there were in the party several engineers. They were met at this point by automobiles from Missoula, and in these the trip through the Mission valley was made. In conversation with a represent ative 'o f Tbe Sentinel President Earling said that the trip of the officials at this time had no particu lar 8^gpificance, aa it was made by tkeni solely with a view of obtain- ingsomeidea of the country and the'possibilities for a railroad. It is a Well known fact .that the Mil waukee has for some months been looking with favor upon this sec tion, and it is possible that the trip of the official« wjll result in early steps being taken by that road to penetrate this country with a feeder for their main line. The trip of the officials extended north as far as the Canadian bound ary, and all were impressed with the favorable conditions and the transportation possibilities, agricul tural, timber, and mineral, which this country affords. Of the visit of Mr. Earling and party to that city, the Kalispell Journal contained the following: The Milwaukee offioials came, have seen what the Flathead is and have gone on their way, and all that remains now is for tne gentlemen who were Kalispell visitors yester day to add their approval to the site selected, and the Flathead val ley and Kalispell will have the long-looked for outlet by rail to the south. And from the expression made by the official gentlemen during their short stay it is certainly probable that the plan to build into this sec tion will meet their approval. While they made no definite statements, publicly at least, as to when they would build, from the general course of their remarks about the couutry, this city and the easy pass through tbe mountain,. the excel lence of tbe orops in 4he valley and the magnitude of tbe resources of this great section of the state, it requires no great stretch of imagin ation to believe that it is the inten tion of the company represented to build a line in here in the near future. Of course, no one expected them to give out any definite in formation, but as a result of their visit confidence has been renewed in thp securing of the road, and now the most pessimistic are setting the date for construction work aB next Bpring at the latest. ------- ® ------- CONFISCATED BEER CASE WILL BE TRIED IN POLSON MONDAY The case of the Government vs. Ben Cramer and Pres Johnson, in volving the keg of beer found in Cramer’s boat, the Qneen, while she lay in the Poison harbor recent ly, will be argued before United States Commissioner Bailey at his office in this city Monday. The United States district attorney will prosecute the case, and the defend ant» will be represented by Attor ney A. J. Lowary. There is also a complaint filed in the county court, in which the men are oharged with break ing into the Transportation com pany’s warehouse at Somers and stealing the beer, but Mr. Cramer claims that some of his enemies, with the hope of causing trouble for himself, stole the beer and placed it in his boat. Cramer claims to have had no knowledge of the presence of the beer on the Queen. The joy fluid was consign ed to a saloon at Dayton. The complaint against the two men is sworn to by Mr. Bensing, the boat company’s agent at Somers. VALLEY FARMERS ARE BRINGING IN GRAIN Transportation Problem Serious One for Mill Representatives. The farmers of the Mission valley are beginning to bring in their grain, and every day there is a steady stream of wagons loaded with the product o f the soil coming into Poison from every direction. The grain is delivered at the east docks, and it is not an uncommon thing to see as many as ten and twelve wagons standing in line there, waiting to be unloaded. The grain is in many cases taken direct from the wagons to a baige, and it is with difficulty that the boat com panies can supply transportation facilities in tbe quantity needed. Ross Everson, Poison buyer for the Kalispell Flour Mill company, stated to a representative of The Sentinel this week that since thresh ing began a few weeks since he had received more than eighteen thous and bushels of grain, and expected the receipts to exceed many times that within tbe next few weeks. ‘ ‘The grain is in. the finest condi- tiotiv^ Bhid' Mr. Eversbrir ^and is remarkably free from dirt. It is firm and heavy, some o f it running as high as 65 pounds to the basbel. Only a small percentage of the crop has as yet been received, bat now that the threshing is all done I am expecting the grain to come in in larger quantities. Our only prob lem now is to have the grain trans ported as fast as the farmers of the valley bring it in.” Much of the grain being brought in at this time is from the Mud creek section twelve miles sonth of Poison. It is probable that most of the grain in the valley will be brought to Poison ana shipped from this point, exoept that in the extreme southern portion, which will be hauled to Ravalli and ship ped over the Northern Paoifio rail road. Heretofore the yield of grain in the Mission valley has been only about two hundred thousand bush els, and it is thought this will be exceeded this year at least by half. Not until next year will the valley begin to raise grain in large quanti ties, as at that time not alone the lands to be taken np by the incom ing settlers, but that belonging to the Indians and which has never been placed under cultivation, will be worked. — s i - former POISON DOCK AGENT TO BECOME A GRAIN RAISER John Sherman, Jr., last week re signed as agent of the Flathead Lake Transportation company in Poison, and will capture the elusive dollar in that easier and safer way— for the conscience, at least— via the virgin soil loute. Mr. Sherman has leased five hundred acres of Indian lands a few miles southwest of Poi son, and this week began the ereo tion of a residence, barns, etc. The business men and people gen erally of Poison regret to sever the pleasant relationship which sprang up while Mr. Sherman was located here, but will wish him every suc cess in his endeavors to make many bushels of grain grow where none has grown before. ---- - ® _ ---- A party of four from Helena and Butte left Poison yesterday morning for a trip over the reservation to locate tbe olaims they desire to take with their numbers. Long Arohio Harrison, who will be remembered as one of the engineers who helped with the survey of Poison last win«- ter, is piloting the layout» àkihdaiiiiiM a i mu ■ É M li*
