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The Lake Shore Sentinel (Polson, Mont.), 25 Dec. 1909, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053252/1909-12-25/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
I j P ^ f V é $ fô t iM tl$ â . r i , \ ; f i l } w ''t M l f $ $ P h ¿ . I^'ß, ’’*.' . !/ , 11 ? « f i 'Ja'Vf «•' ♦«*-• J. 1 . ’ SÎWÎ> *» <Vt * ONLY KËVSPAPER tfOBLISHElflfi 1HE FLATHEAD' r I s ERVATIQN Vf->s ■ - ’ 1 < * , t ■’ «VOL. % NO. 13 t'TSTT' POLÖON, : MONTANA, Â D à Y , DECEMBER 25 r 1909^ ?‘V ‘' '■ - \ •’ ■ \ • ......... •**-*- 0. M, i > j $2.50 PER YEAR PRAISE OF NORTHMONTAN ä UNFIEID TlLKS ABOUT PBOFftiOl ITS SETTtBSEKT. DEVELOPMENT IS WONDERFUL Source of Satisfaction to Witness the Influx'ot Such Hardy and Able Settlers Into This State. After a two week's trip through the northern part o f ¿Montana, on a general tour o f inspection of the country and attendance at the farm ers’ institute meetings, Director B. F. Linfield of the college experiment station, has returned to Bozeman to resume his work. .He was high1 ih his praise for northern Montana ' as- an agricultural community, aqd spoke at length on; the wonderful development o f this section and the great number of desirable settlers who are coming into the state to be come permanent inhabitants. Professor Linfield in speakiug of the trip said: “ The country in-‘northern Mon tana is settling much more rapidly than I had expected;. Although 1 am cohstantly in toi&h with nearly all parts of the state in carrying 'em) the x tajtion agricultural Experimental, work, ; the rapid devetopement of the northern counties was S complete surprise to me. Even:at this .time of the yearj when winter , is setting in, settlers are. tiling on new lana every jlay, so that it is grq&in The iland òffioiàls, ,in the Missoula Herald, furnish figures which show idly. ’ : Tlie bench lânds'tïi^àftîculafi“ cÖncltfBiveljrtliat /tifóse*- who madè are aka premium, and the way iu which the new settlers are develop ing them is astonishing and intense ly gratifying. At each of our farm ers’ institute meetings there was a large and. .earnest -crowd present, and the subject of dry farming was the principal topic for discussion. Settlers everywhere seenied to be considering only this ohe -thing. I predict a greater influx of . settlers into the state this year than ever be- fore. “ Another thing I wish to mention is that the people were all intelligent and a more desirable clasB of settlers I never met. Montana is indeed to be congratulated on the success with whioh she is attracting good settlers to the state. It gives me pleasure and much satisfaction to witness the influx of hardy, experienced fanners and law-abiding citizens into the state.” . : , 1 ' _ — ®_— _. 0 ' A DILLON MERCHANT TRAISES THE SENTINEL AS A BOOSTER Mr: Kaiser, of the firm of Kaiser & McCann of Dillon, paid The Sentinel a pleasant visit yesterday and delivered up the subscription, price of bis paper, mentioning th,e fact that he' thought .the little old sheet was some booster for this busy burg. Mr. Kaiser has a good im pression o f Poison and will be one of the early spring merchants. If you are in need of glasses go to Mizell’s. Examination free. -- ------ Sri ------- .. . LANDS SET OUT FOB INDIANS IS RESTORED TO WHITE MEN About one million aores of land in eastern Montana, heretofore with drawn for the purpose of making allotments to the Kooky Boy band o f Chippewa Indians, have been re stored to settlement and entry by Secretary Ballinger. : Sixty percent or more o f this area is embraced within pending entries or selections, and of the remainder a considerable portion is not; sus ceptible o f . cultivation. A large number of settlers are within the re stored area, and. that not spoken for Will not be /subject to entry; prior to .* the “ first day of March next, Arifriègèmenfri for the allotments to'the RookyBdÿ -band contemplate? theiiHooation* off: a - porfcidn o f the BlacWeet reservation. There are abont 150 members of - the band,, who at times have been very troublesome, and their proposed Settlement on-.the land just restored to. éntry has been strongly opposed by the citizens of Montan'a. The restoration is made subject to the perfection o f the applications of the allotments of certain mem bers of the Turtle Mountain band of Indians, whioh is understood to be satisfactory to the settlers. , ---------- ® -------- ■ -. MISSION VALLEY LOTS BRING GOOD RETURNS Dixon, Honan, SL Ignatius and Ravalli AH Go HIgh-Arlee is Slow-Poke. I'he close of the sales in Missoula recently marked the passing of the laBt townsites in the reservation that have been held by Uncle Sam, into private hands. The property sold is located in Dixon, Arlee, St. Ig natius, Ronan and Ravalli, and the prices commanded for these lots were, in every instance, consider ably over the. appraised figures. Bidding tftroughout the sale was of aj most active character rind compe- titioii waà keen at .all times. X Es pecially was this true of.the Dixon, St: Ignatius and Ronah sales, where lot8apprqisedat$25and 150, were «old at figures near the $300 mark. purchases of the property held the land at a much higher commercial value',than was set by the appraisers. Dixon which was among the highest in the sale, wasiratedatiSeoVand sold; at $882*9, Rqpan was appraised atj$2345 apd brpught %86,9‘9. ’ St; Igriatius, appraised at $3783,, Was Sold at $6045. Ravalli, .rated worth $1830, surprised the sellers- when the sale figured at $3413. ; Arlee proved the slowest seller of'thc lot, showing.an increase o f . only $3.35 oyer the se't price o f $2915. •Marking a movement o f expan sion on the part o f the Methodist Episcopal denomination is the - pur chase; o f Ronah, D iion and St. Ig natius lots -upon whichji.to erect church edifices in’ those towns. Al though it is not now the intention o f ; the denomination to start the building o f churchcs'in the' growing communities, churchmen say that consistent with the policy of the church, it was deemed advisable to secure suitable locations in the new towns, where the churches would be built at a later date. WORK STARTS ON BUILDING FOR . USE OF THE NEW BANK Work yras started Wednesday on the new building that will be occu pied by the Flathead County State Bank, at the corner o f Third av enue and B street. Clubb Bros, are awarded the contract for the build ing, and it is to be completed with in two or three weeks. - - J. A- Trow of Poison has ¡ ¿barge of the affairs of the bank at pres ent, and will superintend the con struction of the building, vault, etc. Wljen these are finished, August Peterson, president of the new in stitution, will come from Harvey, N. D ., to organize the business. While Mr. Peterson will not have personal qharge o f the bank’s affairs becaueeof his varied interests in this and other states, the business vyill be in the hands of an experi enced b a n k e r . ; •_ • : J'., .... j I f ■ The building that formerly occu pied the corner, and which.; wriri used, by the Gray company as a ware house, has been moyetL to ,a ppiut several hundred feet eastr of its former location on B street. Dr. Studdath GtVes Cood Adytce to Those!* Who M em plate Esiablisbioo R apsin the New aqd Hitherto * Uncultivated Stretchlii of Land fn Montana. TO SUCCEED ONE MUST MAI PROPER START No matter how favored the; sec tion of country may be, or how much is.said iu it3favor, Mrthe. set tlement of a new country,' there are always vicissitudes which m u st be endured by those Who come in if they are to make the section one of happy, prosperous homes, and the soil to give up its rich harvests. The Flathead reservation is com posed of lands than which there is none better lying out doors, bnt it is in its virgin state and the settlers who take it up in the spring must endure the same trials and troubles that have been gone through in ev ery other section of this country by the pioneers who have ^ had the sturdiness to stay with it until the ground repays them.;for tb^jr la bore. The; following article^ writ-*] ten. by 15r. W . X . Studduth apd published in the^ Billings (Gazette,- will* be of interest to the prospective settlers in thè Flathead reservation: ■ • The settler?«- first year- in a hew country.is.a critical tirile. Ills fiit- hre-success depends ¿pori hoir 'ihe': make it win if they have thp pluck and are willing to stick to it, but it ib no simple matter to bew odt home iri a new country. The con ditions now are !much better ..than they were in the days qf our fathers Success may bé obtained soopey if the new settler can? bring out .yvitb him enough dairy stock, hogs and poultry for a small beginning; also corn enough to rjm him through the first winter and spring. His horses would better be ptirohased where he locates. Horses,brought from the middle states do riot thrive well the first season, and \yill not stand up to the spring work as well as the horses that are acolimated. As live storik is< a necessary ad junct tq the highest success o f farm ing;in the’séípi-afid belt, a location shoild bejnaè|e adjacent'to as much free rarige as possible. Natrirally this will iakej tJie settler into the more broken sections o f the country where he can find Some smooth land on the bench or along sòme small streànri ' Striali diversion dams may begins,, so a nght istart . jti, of ., vita) he put in, arid’ the flood waters importance. A considerable num-^“ ber,^f homesteaders fail’as farmers because of ínexperiericq or absolute inadaptib[lity to thq life,: . Condi tions vary-, ip.. All countries and be \ makes a cbangpuqf /location even from one seotiort of a state to another .will find it well to heed the advice of older residents. ■ Much more is this true of a new country. Tile winters in each section, of Móntaná are mild and brief., Con trary to; the generally -accepted opihion of this pàtt òf thè country, we do not have moré-than six weeks of real w.inter, rind -we work our soil ten months of the year. , ,Uur cattle rind h^rs.es are not.. housed:¡ ¿t- all, but feed on tbc native grasses and còme out in better' condition than does sttick that is feci all winter in. the Corn belt: Laòt wiriter, May calves, several huridred head, yehich we fed straw .qnly.1 and that not to exceed ten days, eatriò out fat in thè spring: Old feeders from *tbe east who sriw them on tbe,24,th of March would not believe yhey had .riot been fed, they looke^ BO well. . . » The above fajets should convince thè contemplating settlep that bé makes, a mistake in remaining east during the winter in fea,r of cold weather. He will, be more comfort able in a tent in . this section than he would be in many of the farm houses of the middle west. If he had madp up his piind to come to Montani, he should not put it off until spring, but start as soqn as he has sold and* delivered his fall crop, leaving his wife rind the boys to finish things ripi?. I f ! necessary he can return in February and bring out his family and stock. The^settjter who succeeds best in Montana is the one tbat comes for a home. The? man who has been rent ing a small farm ,in the corn belt arid battling against untoward con/ ditions of changeable climate and’ high rent, is the one to appreciate the favorable conditions ; bere. N o- Wbere else will, he * find an oppor tunity to acquire a,bótne of*his own a ti such a moderne outlay, and in suchiwlioTéHÒmii surroundings. The frithhi* o f Üiriírgé! family, who wants to increase his acreage iql order to give théjtóys a ohánoe'also makes a good settler. acres per day . and other work tbat - must' be 1 « : Of'eonrse others can turned out on sriialT bottdiris for qrchards apd garden, clius insuring a comfortable, home life, as plenty pf dqmestio pnd,.st|)ck water is abso lutely essential to success. < ! Let us, snppose thon .that the new Settler has tnoved qnjto his Claim, has gotten his buildings well out of the way, and; iB ready to start in breaking.. His horses should have bepn grained all winter, and thus be in shape for . a good spring’s work, idle should have at; leas,four good 1400’ lb horses .to pull a 14-inch sulky plow, and five would be bet ter; he would thus have an -extra horse tq change off with and run his seeder. Re should plow shal low; say two to three inphes, if his sod is tough, roll each-: half day’s breaking before leayipg the field,, so as to seeure: a* sod mulch, and con serve all the moisture .that may fall dufing the spring and summer. He should Count bn getting, sixty day’s Freaking during April, May and June,i besides doing, the, other nec essary j^qrk., If * he /averages 21 attends to the done to Tut in a?crop be will do-well. This should give him -150 /acres broken up, and leave him . ten acres wild pasture, which will bg-. all that, he will need if he/follow s “ soiling methods” of bandling^his live stock. The plan as here outlined pre-sup- poses that thq settleiy-.has - brought teri grade Jersey heifers, bred tq Calf in Marob, and tjpn Duroc Jersey gilts bred to pig in.April, out with him in his, oar. : ,l . ; In the first place, on the, first breaking, artichokes should . be dropped in every second furrow to the free edge -of the sod. Two furrows should then be plowed, and, another row of tubers planted. The rows would then be twenty-eight inebes apart; which would give them, plenty of room. ’ The-Bod should be rolled so as to make -a perfect sod hiuldli, and the pulverizer run over It once, which iq all the attention tbe crop will need, as there will be iio weeds the first season. At least acres, if not more, of the first plowing sliould be put into ¡artichokes and the next ten acreB should be put into potatoes. Un- ider suitable conditions the field will run from fifty to 150 bushels per acre. ! The next crop to put iu is Canad- '.irin peas. For . these the sod should be Single disced. Twenty-five acreB of peas sown broadcast and disced m for hay, and then twenty-five acres that are intended for thresh • i ing; should be drilled in.‘ Twenty- five aores shpaid be put in roots,, such as sugar beets, turnips, carrots and rutabagas. Five acres should next be put in soy beans. Another twenty-five-acres can be pnt in bald barley. Ten acres can be put into macaroni wheat, and the last twenty Continued on page 2 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SANCTIONS FIRE DEPT Will Buy CarL and 600 Feet of Hose- Dave Nelson Is Promoter The Chamber o f Commerce held its regular meeting in Gabb’s hall last Monday night, at which time the question of a fire department for Poison was taken up. David Nel son, formerly a member of the fire department of Kalispell and pro moter of the organization in Poison, appeared before the body and stated tbe needs of a fire department. A committee was appointed to look into the matter of the purchase of a riósé’ cart ariff 600 feet of hose^ it being\‘ deénied that this 'amount would’ be Buflicierit* for the needs of tbe city, as the light company will put in water plugs at all the princi pal corners in the construction of thè water system. . The committee consists of* President Carter, J. J. Ober, W . M. Barber, J. T. Nelson, and Stalker Clubb. Many.communications of interest to the Chamber were read by Secre tary Redeker, and the secretary also reported, some interesting observa tions regarding the reservation made to him at Missoula. recently by United States Senator Dixon. The. Chamber of Commerce is do- ing a good work for Poison, though the interest manifested by the mem bership is not as great as Mr. Car ter would like it tq be-and it is his wish that the full membership turn put at/he regular meetings. OLSON-IHISSOULA-KALISPELL TELEPHONE LINE TALKED OF COMPANY AT WORK ADJUSTING LOSSES SUFFERED BY LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE BURNING OF BARGE. WILL RUN INTO THOUSANDS Besides the Merchandise Destroyed In Fire, Many Individuals Suf fered Great Personal Loss The Flathead Telephone' and Telegraph company is the name of a company that has. applied for . a charter to do business -in Montana, and tbe borne office of the coiripany is to be located at Poison. They will install a Iqcal telephbne1 system here, and later w ill connect with Missoula and Kdlispell and also vyith, local .points along the lake shore and iq, the Mission valley. The >romoters o f the new company are Dakota parties who acquired prop erty interests in Poison at the re cent government Sale o f this townr site, and there will also be consider able local capital represented among the stockholders.: Just when the actual construction will be started is not as yet. known, but the pro-' moters baye a representative in the field at.,the present time, arrringing 1'or rights an,d also looking- into ' the matter of purchasing poles. While Poison a's yet needs a great many things, perhaps the worst need is for telephone communica tions wi^h the outside world. A number of experienced telephone men have looked over the field but as yet no definite! steps have been taken except by the company above mentioned.. The local represent ative of.the oompany stated to The Sentipel this week that as soon as the charter was granted, practical telephone men would at once be sent here by the company to begin construction on the new line. In the burning of tbe barge of merchandise on Flathead Lake W ed nesday of last week, tbe Transpor tation company sustained not only a great loss, but the people of Poison suffered both loss and inconvenience. The barge was in tow of the tug Guthrie, and had a cargo of mer chandise and household goods. A t a point just a little south of the nar rows, a fire was discovered on the barge, having started presumably from a spark lighting among a lot of brooms. The crew of the tug immediately set to work to exting uish the flames, but they bad gained such headway that it was impossible to put them out before tbe cargo was a mass of ruins. The barge was heavily loaded, making it hard for the men to get* around, and it handicapped them in their efforts to extinguish the blaze. . , Besides the merchandise con signed to looal merchants that was totally destroyed; many parties suf fered - serious individual losses by tbe burning of household goods. Among these were W . R. Gordon, C. E. Disbrow, T. K. McMiohael, and Mrs. Sam Williams. Ih e latter suffered perhaps the severest loss in the burning o f all her personal ef. fects. The. loss to tbe boat company is estimated to be between fuur and five thousand dollars, and is divided among the following, in amounts ranging from twenty-five to five hundred dollars: J. M. Gordon. W . R. Wilhite. J. MoKierman. C. E. Disbrow. Kennedy Bros. W . R. Gordon. T. L. MoMiohaejs. ' A. J. Lowary. Dawson Furniture Co, C. M. Mansur. A. Mizel. A. W . Pipes. : Mrs. F. Lambert. Frank Lambert., . Tusrin Alexander. Poison Merc. Co, O. H. Rakeman. C. C. Stone. F. L. Gray Co. •* Mrs. S. YV'B. Williams. 1 ’ • 1 W. N. Noffsinger, president of* the Transportation oompany, is ad justing the fire losses, and spent , several days in Poison this week oq that mission. -------- ®_----L_ MONTANA STANDS NEAR TOP IN SALARIES TO TEACHERS “ Montana stands near the top of the-list o f states in point of average salary paid to teachers and in the per capita o f expenditures for the education of the children of - the state and she should stand first m the matter of professional spirit.” This is the opinion voiced by R. J. Cunningham,, superintendent o f the Bozeman public sohools and a mem ber o f the executive committee of the Montana Teachers’ association, Mr. Cunningham has been busy dur ing the last month arranging fo r the meeting of the association to take place at Bozeman December 23 29 and 30. It is expected that tbe enrollment this year will reaoh the 2,000 mark and that the attendance at tbe annual meeting will be at least 500.
