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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION VOL. 1 NO. 8 POLSON, MONTANA, EBJDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1909 .......................... ............................................... i ■ ■ ---------------------------------- — - r .............................. .................. - ................... ............... . ■ • . J QUANTITY OF (¡RAIN INCREASED IN STATE TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. NOSE THAN GROWN LAST YEAH. WHEAT IN DEMAND IN EAST Other Interesting News Items of Hap penings In Flathead County and Over the Treasure State Twenty-five per cent more grain was produced in Montana this year than in 1908, according to an esti-. mate made by G. A. Bailey, Mon tana manager of the McCauil-Dins- more company of Minneapolis, that diaintains 17 grain elevators in the state. Reliable figures are unavail able at the present time, Mr. Bailey sayH, because of the slow movement of the crop to market. The farmers are ’ not willing to accept present quotations of 80 cents for wheat and a dollar per hundred for oats. Threshing is over everywhere ex cept in the Judith and the Gallatin, being delayed in the latter region by the severe storm of several weekB ago. Fall plowing is now well un der way and many more thousand acres of raw land will be sown to winter wheat. Mr. Bailey says that the Montana grain is a little stained this year because o f the ex cessive rains. The wheat is in great demand by eastern (louring mills and Montana oats are consid ered excellent for manufacture of cereals, being much heavier than eastern oats. “ My life • has been a joke for eight years. 1 have worked hard to make good, but I have failed. Good bye.” This message was left by Allen MoPliail, a .violinist who has recently been employed at the Bi jou theater in Great Falls, who was found dead in his room in the Betel Fair last week with the arteries in his left wrist slashed and a silk necktie tied in a noose about his neck and attached to the railing of the bed above his head. The sui cide was discovered by Wm. Wool- fall, manager of the Bijou, who roomed with McPhail. Be was the sou of Allen MoPliail, a ranchman living near Drummond, Mont., and the remains were carried there for burial. A protest against the 'withdraw al of 1,000,000 acres of laud ad jacent to the Fort Peck reservation has been wired to Indian Commis sioner Valentiue, President Taft and Secretary Ballinger. Among those who signed the petition áre Senator Clapp of Minnesota, Twin City1 business men on their' way to the Dry Farming congress, and newspaper men and business men throughout Montana. In explain- ingihis stand Senator Clapp said it would be better to move the Indians to some part o f the country where the climate would be more con genial. Health statistics found in the bulletin of the department o f public health for September, just issued, shows that the state board of health is surely getting the communicable diseases such as typhoid, measles, etc., under control. During the past month 238 persons in this state died of these diseases; last Septem ber they numbered 321. Births ex ceeded deaths by 184, and there were; more boys born than girls. The number of boys born is 286, girls 259; total, 545. All of the Masonic bodies of Ral- ispell together with the Order of KaBterq Star, will co-operate to get up thè usual Thanksgiving ban quet in commemoration of the dedi cation of the Masonic temple that was built in that oitym 1904. These anniversary entertainments have proven to be quite an annual feature and while the commandery have heretofore shouldered the matter, it will be shared by all of the bodies this year. Conrad held its first municipal election Saturday and hereafter- it will take a place among the oities o f Montana. Owing to the opinion o f the attorney general that only those who bad registered could vote, the total vote cast was only 55. Xincolu and Flathead county teaohera this week met at Kalispell in joint institute for a five day’s session from October 25 to 29. The- instructors are Dr. Sarah Sprague, author of the Sprague readers; Dr. Sanford Bell, who; proved • an inspiring instructor at last year’s institute, and W . E. Harmon, state superintendent of public instruction. Columbia Falls is soon to be called upon to vote upon a fran chise for electric lighting, issued to the North Idaho & Montana Power Co. The company is promising to build a fine sub-station in the town and spend muoh money it the franchise be granted^ Hon. J. A. Davidson, an early pioneer in this state and conspic uous for doing much to bring order out of chaos in the early days, died Saturday at Pocatello, Idaho, of heart disease, aged 66. The death of the pioneer comes as a sudden shock to bis friends, for he was in Montana not long ago looking well and hearty. FORMER G O V nR IS NOT OUT FOR SENATE States in Interview at Washington That He Is Out of Politics. Much has been said in the Mon tana press relative to the prospect ive candidacy ^of former Governor Joe Toole of Montana for the seat of Senator Carter when the latter’s term expires. In an interview at Washington last week ex-Governor Toole is quoted as saying: “ It was because I wanted to re tire train politics that I resigned the governorship of Montana. I do not think the United States senator- ship or any other publio office would tempt me to again enter politics. I am through. I want to take a rest before starting in to work again. W e hope in Montana that the legislature will send a democrat to succeed Senator Carter, but there is no telling what will happen. The best that can be said of Mouti.ua is that it js a very doubtful state. I, would riot venture a prediction as to the complexion of the legislature because it all depends upon the im migration. Montana’s voting popu lation is so evenly divided that it can easily be swung one way or the other by the voters who go into the state from time to time. Thous ands of persons are flocking into Montana, attracted by the promising agricultural lands that can be pur chased at comparatively low figures, and the political future of the state depends largely upon what section the majority of the new comers hail from. “ Montana will become one of the richest states of the west,” added Governor Toole, “ for not only is it a great mining state, but it is rap idly becoming a great agricultural state. Dry farming and irrigation have done wonders in, an agricul tural way. It was not more than 15 years ago that people looked at Montana only/ as a mining state, but the wonderful success of our farmers has shown that anything that can be produced anywhere else can. be grown in Montana, and; as the state is encouraging the settle ment plan, we probably have a greater number o f immigrants than any other state in the union at this time. Jim Hill stated the truth not. long since when he declared at the state fair that he had never seen any where, a finer collection of food products than was displayed at that exposition. Montana is coming in to her own.” --------- — ® — — SURVEY OF NATIONAL FORESTS IS RAPIDLY BEING COMPLETED Acting District Forester F. A. Sileox has completed a seven weeks trip over the various national for ests of the state. In his travels he visited the Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Flathead and Blackfoot national forests, and states that the boundary survey work is nearly completed. It will be entirely fin ished by November and then the maps o f tbe forests in the state , will be compiled. When congress meetB at its next session it will be called on to take action in regard to elimi nating various grazing lands, which at present are included in national forests. Mr. Sileox states that the con ditions of the forests are excellent.1 Those in the eastern part of the state have had few or no fires and none of the reserves had muoh trouble from this source. T -------- ® -------- \ U . S. Marshal Merrifield is in poison on a business visit. CONGRESS STARTS OUT AUSPICIOUSLY DRY FARMING CONGRESS OPENED AT BILLINGS ON TUESDAY. GOVERNOR MAKES ADDRESS James J. Hill, Senator Clapp of Min* nesota and Many Other Notables : Taking Part at Meeting. The Fourth Annual Dry Farming Congress opened at Billings Tues day afternoon under the most auspi cious circumstances. The meeting- will close this evening. . ; , Hon. James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, is one of the central fig-! ures in attendance, while Senators, Carter and Dixon o f Montana, M. E. Clapp of Minnesota, Governor Norris, Congressman Mondell of Wyoming and many other western statesmen likewise add significance' to the meeting by their, presence and their discussion of current prob lems. Representatives of foreign governments demonstrate that the congress is o f world wide interest and that its propaganda is looked forward to as the solution of in creasing the food-stuff supply of the world. - That a big fight is to be made to change the name of the congress became apparent at the first session, and crops out at all times. It is certain to be a feature o f every bus iness season until it is settled one way or the other. Suggestions for a suitable substitute for the word “ dry” are forthcoming, but none seems to suit all. Some want it to be “ scientific,” while others favor the term “ practical.” The opening sessions were large ly attended and were of great inter-, est to.the delegates.; The first ses-'. sion was taken 'up with the addresses of welcome, ch ief o f which was that of Governor Norris. Set speeches were delivered by W. E. Chamberlain of South Dakota, who spoke on “ Dry Farming, Good Farming.” J, H. Shepherd, dean and vice-director of the Agricul tural College of North Dakota, told of the progress of the dry farming movement in his state. ■ -------- ®_ ------ IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED ON LANDS LEASED BY MR. SHERMAN • ; \ ^ The carpenters this week finished the improvements placed by John Sherman, Jr., on the lands recently leased by him five miles south of the city. They consist of a sub stantial three room cottage, barn 26x32 feet, granary, tool house, etc. Jas. Dawson of Poison had charge of the carpenter work on the build ings. Mr. Sherman has leased about four hundred acres, and a steam plow started breaking Monday. , -------- $_ ----- - : '• ATTORNEY CHARGES THAT JUDGE IS BIASED AGAINST THE STATE Alleging that J., M. Clements, judge of the district court of Lewis and Clark county, is biased and prejudiced against the state o f Mon tana in what is known as the Pow ers “ secretary” habeas corpus case, H. S. Hepner, county attorney, ap plied to the supreme court Saturday at Helena, for a writ o f supervisory control, and the matter was set for hearing Nov. 1. The affidavit of the county at torney, accompanying the applica tion for the writ, after stating that the habeas corpus action is/to be heard by Judge J. M. Clements and alleging that R. C. Clements, son of the «) udge, is the raal attorney for Powers, although the name ’ of another lawyer is on the record, continues; “ Your petitioner verily believes and so alleges that the said judge is biased and prejudiced againBt the state of Montana in these proceed ings; that in the trial and hearing of criminal cases the said judge ex hibits a peculiar tendency of being opposed to peace officers who are charged with the duty of enforcing the criminal laws o f the state; that at a recent hearing in behalf of the state of Montana in a criminal mat ter he stigmatized tbe state o f Mon tana as having only one afset,, au thority, and used language intended to belittle such authority, as exer cised and used by-the officers; that in another criminalease he indicated that he would as readily believe a lewd and immoral person, who was testifying in behalf of another such person, as he would believe any evi dence given in any case by honor able and upright and favorably- known men'of the community.” After reciting the evidence that will be produced at the habeas cor pus hearing, the petition continues: “ The proceedings being summary in their nature and there being no review, the said judge, by reason of his said bias and prejudice, works injury to the administration of the criminal law of the state o f Montana in releasing, prisoners regularly in carcerated; that your petitioner be lieves that thè interests o f the state o f Montana and of Lewis and Clark bounty demand the exeroise of su pervisory control by your honorable court over the said judge in the matter o f the said hearing.” ELK ON TÏE UÉASE * IN MONTANA MOUNTAINS Will be Only Few Years Until They Are Counted by Thousands. Though residents on the reserva tion cannot hunt within its bound aries, it will be some comfort to read what lovers of the sport are doing in other parts of the state. State Game Warden Avarre is quoted as follows: “ Elk are increasing in the moun tains of Montana. This inorease is steady arid it looks as if it will be only a comparatively few years be fore they will be again counted by the thousands, instead of a few scattered bands. v “ Success has attended the efforts of many of the hunting parlies that have gone into the hills, so far this season, but the weather has been un favorable because of the absence of ‘tracking snow.’ The hunters who have killed elk and deer, have done •sïrbëcause they are ‘wised, up’ 'to tbe haunts of the' denizens of the forest. The best hunting for big game in the state is in the moun tains of Northwestern Montana, as I have said before, and near the Yel lowstone park. In the Lewis and Clark reserve, and in fact, all over the Clearwater and Blackfoot sec tions and iu ' the Swan river tribu taries and other headwaters of the Columbia, as well, whitetail and hlacktail deer, mountain goats, mountain sheep, elk and bear are found, and the trout fishing is the best in the world. In the moun tains surrounding the park there are no goats, but every, other class of big game is found in abundance, there being more mountain sheep in the middle canyon of the Madison, in all probability, than in all sec tions of the state. “ The Madison river and the trib utaries of Big Rock river furnish the best grayling fishing of apy place I know of. The sportsmen of the state, co-operating with tbe government, state and private hatcheries, are working untiringly to keep the streams of Montana well stocked, and altogether you can say that fish and game con. ditions were never better since primi live days in Montana.” — --- JS - ----- POLSON FURNITURE DEALERS TO PUT AN ADDITION TO BUILDING Dawson Bros., the furnitun de .1- ers, will very soon begin the con struction of a warehouse to adjoin their business house on Third ave nue, in thè rear. The building will be 24x50 feet, one story high, and will be used as a store room for the goods which can not for lack of roorii be placed in the main build- ing. Dawsons have been doing a busi ness which was not anticipated for the. fall months, and they have found it necessary to order a much larger and riiore varied stock. Dur ing the winter this will be received and set up in readiness for the great demand which will be made upon them next spring. .— - j s — _ An elderly workman named Reed was killed at the Somers mill Mon day forenoon. In some way he got caught in the rolls that carry away the lumber and was violently thrown, bis neck being brokcu. The victim of the accident bad lived at Somers until a couple of years ago, when be went away, coming baok last spring during the strike and re suming work at the mill. His daughter jives in Kalispell. VISIT TO POLSON IS A REVELATION «. NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATIVE HIGHLY PRAISES THIS CITY. FINEST LOCATION IN STATE Believes It But a Short Time Until Poison Will Take Bank Among Great Cities of Montana. T. L. Daly, representing the Ana conda Standard, spent several days in P o I bou this week in the interest of. his paper. Mr. Daly has just re cently recovered from an accident which befell him in Helena last May, in which he had the misfor tune to sustain a broken leg. In the discharge of bis duties as solicitor for one of the best papers of the state Mr. Daly visits and is conversant with the conditions and advantages of every town and' every section in Montana, and in view of this his idea of Poison and the Mis sion valley will be of interest to the readers of, The Sentinel. In con versation with a representative of this paper he said: “ It was an agreeable surprise to me to find so substantial a town as Poison nestling at the foot of Flat- bead lake. A stage trip through the Mission valley is a delight to one, but it is a revelation when the brow of the bill south of Poison is reached and one sees the buildings of the city, and beyond and to one side of these the many miles of Poi son bay and the gorgeous mountain ranges, superb in their grandeur. One can not but be favorably im pressed with the ideal site for the location of a city, nor with the al most unbelievable resources and ad vantages that are at once apparent to the eye. In all my peregrina tions over Montana, over the United States and over portions of Europe, I have never seen a place that equaled Poison in beautiful sur roundings, pleasant environment or natural resources. When fully de veloped these resources will make of Poison one of the most important cities in this great state o f Montana. That the people of Poison appre ciate these advantages is evidenced by the activity in building circles, and the magnificent lighting plant that is going in here. This plant is something of which Poison can be particularly proud, for there are numerous towns many times the size o f this where there is no such convenience. “ The thing most needed here is a railroad, and if the word of Butte parties who are conversant with the railroad situation counts for any thing, you will have that need ful filled within a very short' time. I have talked with a number of par ties high up in railroad circles, and all are of the opinion that the first line to be put through from tbe south will penetrate the Mission valley and Poison. After visiting this section, I can readily see why the railroads will build in here, for it is one of the most prolific fields for business to be found in the state, and it is a field that the roads can not afford to overlook. “ In my opinion Poison enjoys the most advantageous location of any town in the northern part o f the state, and H is only a question of a very short time until its resources and natural advantages will make of it one of the important points commercially in the state.” Mr. Daly left Wednesday for Ravalli, to continue his trip west ward to Spokane and then into Idaho and Wyoming. ------- ® ------- BODIES WILL BE BEHOVED FROM CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD The new Catholic cemetery east of Poison is in readiness, and the work of removing the bodies from the church yard, where they were temporarily buried, will be com menced within the next few days. The site for the cemetery is an ideal one, situated on an eminence com manding a full view of Poison bay and the lake. -------- ® ------- , Max BaHS, for the past twenty years in the employ of the Great Northern Railway, died recently at his home in Chicago. Mr. Bass has been general immigration agent of the Great Northern Railway and $2.50 PER YEAR has induced thousands to come out not only to Montana, Oregon and Washington,'but it was largely his personal efforts that brought the thousands of prosperous farmers to N. D. These men or many of them he kept in touch with and aided by his advice and help into becoming wealthy through agriculture. : -- ------ ® --------- The safe for the Flathead County State bank reached Poison last Fri day and like all its predecessors m the way of strong boxes, was bap tized before landed. The heavy safe was being hauled up the west dock on trucks when it tipped, go ing thrdngh the floor of the dock as though it had been made of paper. Tbe safe fell in about six feet of water, and it required the efforts of a large crew of men for a half day or more to get it on shore. FARMERS ARE OUT OF LUCK Is tbe Opinion of Montana Man Who Spent Some Time There. Charles Whitaker of Geyser, ' Montana has just returned from A l berta, Canada, where he made a careful study of all the conditions, such as the climate, markets, eto. He advises tbe American people not to believe the Canadian agents in what they say about the northwest territory, says the Kalispell Bee. “ This year was the best they ever had m Alberta and they raised the best crops they ever bad, but even at that a great deal of tbe country, was frosted and hailed out, the froBt coming before the crops were ripe,” said Mr. Whitaker. “ In the center of the northern part of Alberta, they never raised a potato until this year,, they being wet and strong bo that they were ,u,nfit to eat, ¿Two • years- -ago-Tthfe crops'were all under snow before, being cut, and as a result the gov ernment had to furnish seed to set tlers before another crop could be raised, and three years ago about one-balf of the cattle were frozen on foot.by the intense cold and bliz zards. Many of the settlers who have been in Alberta some years are minus fingers and toes, five ranoh- men being frozen to death last win ter while on their way home from town. The ground always freezes to a depth o f four and five feet each winter. Freight rates on the Can adian Paoific are, enormous and al most double what they are in the states, and the markets are poor. “ Oats are worth from 20 to 22c per bushel, barley 30c, wheat 65 to 79o, potatoes 35c, hay from $2 to $12. Fat steers are worth from $3 to $3.50 per hundred, live weight. The settler in Alberta pays ' two prices for his lumber and machinery and many of them are anxiouB to get baok to Mon,tana as soon as they can possibly do so, while those who have title to their land are heavily mortgaged. Debts cannot be col lected, large or small, and it is a good country for deadbeats to lo cate in. Even a woman baB no rights whatever in the sale o f prop erty she might be interested in. “ In the whole of Alberta there is about two-fifths of good land, and three-fifths of very poor land. There is no comparison between Montana land and that of Alberta and the man who goes there to better his condition is making a sad mistake and will be back to Montana as soon as he possibly can.” MOVEMENT IS STARTED TO ORGANIZE FIRE DEPARTMENT If steps that are now on foot ma terialize, Poison will very soon have a fire department. David Nel son of this city, who was for many years assistant chief of the Kalispell fire department, last week took up the matter o f organizing a local de partment and is now engaged in the woik. It is the intention to start with a chemical apparatus, and sup plement this with a bucket brigade. Mr. Nelson is highly gratified with the success that has attended his efforts thus faf, and thinks an organization, for fighting fire will very soon bo perfected. ■ . - ----- ® The many friends of Frank Toui- fohr will be pleased to learn that he has recovered sufficiently to be able to leave his room. Mr. Tomfohr has had a long siege of illness, and several times his life was despaired of by the attending physician.
