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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION VOL. I NO. 7 POLSON, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1909 HIGHLY successful IS THE APPLE SHOW BIG CROWDS PRESENT AT OPENING IN MISSOULA. Congregational churches opened in Missoula Tuesday afternoon and continued for two, days. It was planned to hold a three days’ ses sion, but several of tboqe who were on the program failed to arrive. The convention organized with the election of Dr. H. H. Thoren of B ig Timber, as moderator. -S- THREE COUNTIES TAKE PART Senators Dixon and La Follette Made Speeches at the Opening of the Show-Other State News. Poison property owners are be ginning the steps looking to the beautifying of their property by the planting of trees. Contractor McIntyre this week put out a num ber of shade trees around his Fifth aveuue property. ■ S . Before a crowd which filled to its capacity the big tent, mid a blaze of lights and music, with a first word by ¡Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana and an address by Sen ator Robert M. La Follette of W is consin, the Western Montana apple show, the first o f its kind ever at tempted in this'section of the state, and representing the best efforts of the fruitgrowers of Missoula, San ders and Ravalli counties, the two former comprising a great deal of land in the Flathead reservation, was formally and successfully open ed at Missoula Monday evening. The apple show is the outcome of 'the action taken by the state horti cultural society, which, at its last annual meeting, recommended the holding of such an exhibition in Missoula. Acting with the officers of this society the Missoula Cham ber of Commerce took upon its shoulders the responsibility of mak ing the affair h success and is con ducting the show. Missoula county uame forward with considerable funds, the city did its share and the hearty co-operation of the fruit growers and farmers of all three counties manifested itself when the exhibition doors were thrown open to the pubiie Monday night. A citizen of Montana since he came to Bahnack in 1862, aud one of the party which made thefambus strike at Alder Gulch,: Barney Hughes, one of the beBt known pioneers of this state, died last week near Wisdom,aged 92 years. Hughes was a member of the William Fair- weather party which, in J862, set out for the Yellowstone. After be ing captured by the Indians the party turned back, coming to a spot near what is now Virginia City. Here they found gold in Alder Gulch. Hughes was born in Ire land and was an iron moulder by trade. After arriving in this coun try lie first went to California. He had prospected\all over the state, lie made about $40,000 from his strike at Alder Gulch, but through his generosity he lost it all. He died in Beaverhead county hospital, and was buried Saturday under the auspices o f the Sooiety o f Montana Pioneers aud of tlitf Beaverhead society. Bound with his motlidr and sis ter to Portland from the east, Jos. Leek, aged 14 years, a passenger on a westbound Northern Pacific train, was shot and. instantly killed near Big Timber last week, while the train was in motion. Harry Wads worth, a lad aged 14, was arrested and confessed that he took a pot shot at the train for the “ spprt of it.” A coroner’s jury found that the Leek boy’s death was due to a wound inflicted by a .22-calibre rifle, said rifle being in the hands of Harry Wadsworth. It is probable a charge wijl be preferred against him* The body of the dead boy was carried t o Tacoma, Wash.,-for burial. The mother and sister o\f the boy were almost prostrated with grief. The big irrigation dam at Lake Como has been approved and ac cepted by the state engineers. State Engineer John W . Wade and A. C. Pratt of Helena, E. H. Wilson of Butte and Arthur T. McDonald of Hamilton made their final inspection of the dam last week and turned it over to the Bitter R o o t Valley Irri gation company. The engineers are well pleased with the construction of the dam and say it is one.of the most perfect and complete reser voirs in the world. The ditch to be supplied by this darn will irrigate approximately 60,000 acres. The state board of parole sitting at Helena Tuesday ordered the re lease of seven prisoners at Deer Lodge, under the provisions of the parole system. Among the men freed are two from Missola county, Howard Hartley, serving a sentence for burglary, and Albert Fairfax, sent up for assault. The twenty-sixth, annual conven tion of the Montana AssCoiation of MILWAUKEE SURVEYORS GO TRRUJfHE VALLEY Make Wide Detour and Take Obser vations E d Boute. A party of surveyors under Chief Engineer Bartlett o f Kalispell, resi dent engineer of the Milwaukee railroad, passed through Poison Monday. Nothing was given out concerning the trip other than that they were eu route to Missoula on a business trip. • , The prediction in The Sentinel last week that the Milwaukee road would build a line through the Mis sion valley seems amply borne out by this trip of the surveyors. They secured a rig at this place and made a wide detour through the valley, stopping at St. Ignatius and Ronan and taking observations en route. A prominent gentleman of Kalis pell, who js in position to know something of the matter, gave it as his opinion that the Milwaukee sys tem would abandon work on the proposed Swan river branch until they had built a line from the south through the Mission valley and Poison. . ; ------- $ _ ---- BUSSELL GIVES PICTURE TO STATE HISTORICAL IIDBABY Charles M. Russell, the Montana oowboy-arlist, has presented to the state historical library at the oapi- tol a valuable historical painting known as the York picture, which illustrates auinoident o f the journey of Lewis and Clark across the con tinent. The painting is considered a very valuable acquisition by the library. The picture depicts the interior of a lodge of the Mandan Indians in the Dakotas, with a council in ses sion between the Indians and the members of the Lewis and Clark party. Tbe Mandans are examin ing with every sign of interest and astonishment the negro, York, who accompanied the leaders of the ex pedition as a body servant. Never having seen a negro before, tbe red men could not at first be convinced that black was his natural color, and tht painting shows them feeling York’s skin to see if the color would rub off. The York picture was pointed a couple of years ago and has been ex hibited in Butte, Helena and Great Falls, causing much interest every where. It is a valuable addition to the historical library of the state, not only because it illustrates an in cident of the historic expedition of Lewis and Clark, but alsb for the reason that every detail of the pic ture is historically accurate. The costumes of the members o f tbe party of white men were carefully .studied by the artist before he paint ed the picture. Russell is the best informed authority on the costumes and habits of tbe Indians of tbe western plains. • ---- _ ® ------- ; NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received for the construction of a dwelling house,. up to 12 m. Wednesday, October 57, 1909, according to plans and specifications which can be seen at the office of F. C. Bailey. This building is to be completed according to plans, all except Plas tering, which is substituted for paper and boards. . Contractor will be requited to put rook foundation, or pillars, on 4 feet centers under sills; stone will be delivered to building: In placing these stones they shall be set at least one foot below tbe surface of the ground. Bidders will be required to fur nish security bond, or a cash de posit o f $250.09 accompanying each bid; , bids to be left with F. C. Bailey, Respectfully, JOHN W ALL, Engineer ui Charge. GOVERNOR NORRIS J TO OPEN CONGRESS DBY FARMING CONGRESS WILL OPEN AT BILLINGS MONDAY. WILL BE B O W PROGRAM Distinguished American and Foreign Delegates Will Make Addresses on Dry Farming Methods. Governor Norris of Montana, president of the Dry Farming Con gress, will open the International Dry Farming Exposition at Billings: Monday morning with impressive ceremonieB. James J. Hill will de- liver the principal address. Two hundred «chool children will sing national airs. The double program of the expo sition will open Tuesday, October 26, two .theaters being occupied. Regular congress sessions will be taken up with more pretentious ad-; dresses by distinguished American and foreign delegates. The auxil iary program consists of four insti tute sections under the direction o f Professor F. S. Cooley, superin tendent of tbe Montana Farmers’ Institute, and will include practical addresses by scientific experimental farmers, government and state ex perts and practical farmers. Illus trated lectures w ill,be features of this progiam. Two banquets will be held during the week. Tuesday the Montana board, o f control gives a banquet to the officers of the congress, repre sentatives of governments, , govern ors and other distinguished guests. Thursday the retiring officers will banquet the officers of the fifth con gress and newspaper men. T b urs‘ day morning will be the farmers’ session, devoted to experiences and actual resiilts Of' dry farnterg'. -Tlid exposition will close Friday. In addition to agricultural exhib its in the exposition hall, machinery and implement displays will occupy temporary quarters on several blocks of vacant grouud close to tbe main ball. CORNERSTlEHYiNG IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY First Methodist Church of Poison Will be Completed Soon. A large crowd, among them many out-of-town people, were present last Sunday afternoon to witness and take part in the impressive cer emonies of laying the cornerstone of tbe First Methodist Episcopal Church of Poison. Rev. O. A. White of Kalispell, presiding elder of the church district in which Poi son is located, had charge of the service, being assisted by Rev, H. H. Twyford, the pastor, Rev. C. E. Redeker, and the board of trustees of the church. The stone was put in place by J. E. Hern and L. H. Bailey. Within the cornerstone was placed copies of the Discipline of the M. E. Church, Journal of the North Montana Conference, Pacific Chris tian Advocate, Gospel of St. John, and The Lake Shore Sentinel; names of the official board of : tbe church, membership of Poison Chamber of Commerce, names o f all subscribers, several silver coins and one copper coin. Tbe generous spirit of those in attendance on the ceremonies was amply shown in the collection, the sum of $1,112 being pledged for the church. W ork oh the main body of the church will be started Monday. The carpenter work will be done by Contractors Bailey & Hern, whose bid of $1665 was the lowest re ceived. The building is to be com pleted within sixty days. '. ------- SX—r r - ' CONGREGATIONAUSTS AND OTHERS WILL PROMOTE CHURCH WORK . A meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis last Sunday afternoon, by tbe Congregational, Presbyterian aud other church peo ple of the city, for the organizing of a Union Congregational Society having in view labor for the up building of Christian work in every way iu aud about Pqlson. Rev. E. Ellsworth Smith of Great Falls, state organizer, was here in behalf of the work, and after preaching an excellent sermon on “ The Love of God; Man’s Duty to Him,” he en rolled a goodly number of charter members who expect regular month- lr services during the winter months. There is no intention of building another church thisyear, hut to ma terially aid the good work in pro gress. The following officers were ohosen: Deacons—Enoch Phillips, A. D. Maynard. Trustees—J. F. Cook, Jas. Daw son, C. A. Curtis, A. D. Maynard. LOCATORSlEPrlSY SHOWING THE LANDS tacky Ones Are Picking Out Romes in tbe Flathead Country. Parties holding numbers in the drawing for Flathead lands have been coming,in steadily during the present month, and the locators are busily engaged in showing them over the lands of the reservation. Now and then a lucky one expresses himself as unwilling to pull up stakes at his old home, but the vast majority are enthusiastic over the rich lands to be bad here and ex press their, intention of filing next April. J. E. Glenn, manager of the Poi son office of the Flathead Invest ment company, returned last night from a, six-day trip over the reservation with a party of ten homeseekers. Below is a list of thp lucky ones, with their numbers, handled by the company sinoe tbe first o f October. When considered that the Matt agency of Ravalli and other companies are handling a pro portionate number, some idea can be gained of tbe number of home- seekers who are viewing the lands: George L. .Crawford, St. Paul, Mjnn:;\454'0.‘ Henry Hukriede, of Washington, 4110. -T. T. Merriman, Pocatello, 78. . Frazer Jenkins, South Belling ham,. Wash., 1872. W . E. Smith, Washington, 392. John D. Powell, Kalispell, 45. C. B. Parrish, Kalispell, 233. E. N. Casteel, Oregon, 534. Adam Schaffer, Oregon, 579. W , H. Sharp, Oregon, 590. . Daniel E.i Blair, Spokane, 97. Fred C. Abel, Spokane, 647.. Hugh Monahan, Idaho,.75. Simon W. Kline, Spokane, 773. C. Bobericb, Iowa, 340. Wra. H. Zuehlke, Wisconsin, 6. Jas. R. Smock, Iowa, 28. Archie Bacon, Oregon, 208. F. A. Kilpatrick, Oregon, 207. MAY PUTlilGEACROSS THE RIVERAT THIS POINT Indians May Ask the Department to Bridge the Pend d’Oreille. 1 Through the pfforts of Attorney A. J. Lowary, the matter of a bridge across tbe Pend d’Oreille river at this point is now being con sidered by tbe interior department at Washington. This is a matter of considerable importance to the people of Poison, more particularly the merchants, as it will make the local market easy of access to the many people residing on the west shore of the lake. A large number of Indians have been allotted lands on the west side of the river, and to these the question of getting to Poison to do their shopping is one of moment, and they are dissatisfied with the method by which they have to cross the river. It is probable tbe red men will request the department to construct a bridge out of tbe fund belonging to the Indians, as they realize \hat to'ask Flathead county to build the bridge would be un reasonable from the fact that the county derives no revenue in taxes from the land allotted to the In dians. — ----------- ® ------- ' Karl Knudsen arrived in Poison last week from Oklahoma City, Okla., to accept the management of the 500-acre ranch four miles south of Poison recently leased by John Sherman, Jr. John .Weightman came to Poison yesterday from Kalispell. NOT SURPRISED AT THE CHANGES HERE OLD TIMER REMARKS UPON PRO GRESS OF POLSON. COULD NOT I T HELD BACK Predicts Tbat the Mission Valley Will Very Shortly Become the Richest Agriculturally In the West. Oscar Sedman, an old timer of the lower lake oountry, has been spending the week with friends in l olson. Mr. Sedman is the imme diate predecessor o f the F. L, Gray Co. in the conduct of the trading post here, and tells many interest ing stories o f ’ how he courted the shelter of the Sugar barrel when the had Indians and worse white men would come in to ‘ ‘shoot up the dump.” Mr. Sedman has for the past three years been located in . the Goeur d’Alene country of Idaho, and in talking of the change^ in Poison and the lower lake country be said: “ The change in Poison is very marked, but it is not surprising. As far back as ten years ago, before the opening of the reservation was hardly thought of, strangers who visited Poison would remark upon its matchless advantages and pre dict that some day it would become a city of the highest rank. On every hand can be seen the truth of these predictions, and a full realiza tion of them can not now be long delayed. Any town, possessing the natural advantages; that does Poison could never be held back. “ What is true of Poison is also true of the Mission valley. A trip through the valley discloses hun- dreds»MfyScre8 of ground under cul tivation. ' When tbe thousandB of acres now lying idle are worked, the Mission valley will become the richest agricultural section of tHe entire west.” ------- ® ------- NEW JEWELRY STORE IS NOW OPEN TO THE POLSON PUBLIC Arthur Mizell, who with his wife recently came to Poison from Kan sas City, opened his jewelry, store to the pubiie the first of the week. Goods are arriving daily, and when they are all here Mr. Mizell will have as complete and up-to-date a line of jewelry as can be found in the west. The new store is located in the Third avenue business prop erty recently purchased by Mr. Mizell from Dr. F. E. Redeker. Besides being a jeweler Mr. Mizell is a graduate optician, and will fol low the work of fitting glasses. -------- ® -------- ■ THE EVA B IS RETIRED FROM PASSENGER SERVICE ON LAKE The launch Eva B has been taken out of service on the lake, and in this connection the owner issues the following notice to the public: “ The Eva B made its last trip of the present season on Thursday, the 21st inst. The boat will be docked and thoroughly overhauled during the winter, and again placed in seiv vice on Flathead lake in the spring. Intake this method of thanking the public for their patronage the past season, and trust to merit its con tinuance during next year. “ H. S. M ILBAN K.” -------- ® -------- POLSON MAN ENTERS THE TITLE ABSTRACT BUSINESS J. A. Trow of Poison Bpent last week at the county seat making an abstract of titles to property in the lower lake country, and this will be a great convenience to tbe people of Poison, as it will obviate tbe neces sity of a trip to Kalispell when it is desired to verify a titk. Mr. Trow has arrangements for daily reports from the recorder’s office, so that the records will be reported as close ly as possible. \v --------- ® ---------- A FRU IT TREE SNAP. At my premises in Poison can be bad at low prices some excellent varieties of fruit trees, such as Yel low Ivans, Missoula Red June aud many other varieties of choice apple trees, several varieties of pear and $2.50 PER YEAR plum treeq and most all the small fruits. This variety of fruit plants has been carefully selected and placed in my hands for quick sale. A better or more thrifty bunch of fruit trees has. never been seen in the Flathead. First come will he first served. Respectfully, W . M. BARBER. -------- ® -------- Clubb Bros, were recently award ed tbe contract for the erection of a two-story business block on Third avenue for T. Alexander. The owner will occupy the lower floor of the building with his tonsorial parlor. POLSON PUPILHRE BE1NG_INSTRUCTED School Opened In tbe Gabb Building on Third Avenue. The Poison public school was opened on Tuesday. The desks, forty in number, blackboards and other paraphernalia arrived last week, and on Monday were set up in the Gabb building on Third avenue, where school will be con ducted until the completion of the new school building this fall. Miss Carrie Bates is in charge of the school. She came to Poison Tuesday from Washington, where she has been engaged in teaching. Miss Bates is originally from the east, and comes highly recommend ed as a teacher of exceptional abil ity. About forty pupils enrolled at the opening of school, and this number will be greatly increased when the pupils from the outlying districts matriculate. The bids for the erection of a sohool building were opened by the local board last week, but all were considered excessive and the board rejected.tliem. The board plans to, construot tbe^building' adder their own supervisión, and áre now in correspondence with the county superintendent to ascertain whether this oan be done. Should it prove necessary, the board will modify the original specifications and read vertise for bids. The lowest bid submitted for tbe building under the original plan was $1600. The school board is anxious to have tbe question settled as quickly as possible, it being their desire to get tbe city school building up and ready for occupauoy before the cold weather arrives. ------- ® -------. CONFECTIONERY STOCK WILL COME TO POLSON FROM BUTTE The new building on Fourth ave nue being costructed jointly by W . K. Gordon and B. N, Mills, two of the purchasers at the recent govei n- ment sale, is nearing completion, being turned over to the plasterers yesterday. The building is 50x50 feet, two stories high, and greatly adds to the appearance of tbat sec tion in which it is located. Mr. Gordon leaves Sunday for Butte to pack bis large stock of confection ery and ship it to Poison. This stock will be placed in the room on tbe south side of the new building and Mr. Mills has leased the north side store room to two Butte parties who will engage in the mercantile business here. ---- _ ® ------- TEMPERATURES OF ONE WEEK IN POLSON AND VICINITY The following are the tempera tures in' Poison for the seven days ending last night, as taken by U. S. Observer Frank Browne: Max. Min. Set Friday .......... 68 32 45 Saturday . . . 58 34 48 Sunday . . . . . 54 82 42 Monday ........ 52 28 50 Tuesday .... 52 32 47 W ednesday.. 55 35 45 Thursday . . . 53 38 45 Precipitation for September. ..2.27 The Poison hotel has been leaBed by J. D. Scott, who came to Poison a few months'since from Wisconsin. Mr. Scott is an experienced hotel man and will place the hostelry on a high standard. Tbe Sentinel maps show all allot-, meuts, water and timber reserves» etc., on the Flathead reservation» Subscribe now and get one of these maps free.
