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Missouri Valley Index (Toston, Mont.), 15 Oct. 1914, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053288/1914-10-15/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
• over a, bad year, and a town full worth :ig145 per acre; today I'd of people who came twice a week have a hard time to sell it at $167 to trade and visit. Our little per acre. It is \ too far from a couritr.. town supported a library, live town\—so every farmer has highschool, band, ball team, and said that wants to buy. He wants we had big erlebrations every a place near schools and churches, reached the period where we must year. A farm near a live town where the children can have ad- McMullin was woukirer on one: think and plan. I am one of the soon &Ales in value. I sold my vantages. 1 have awakened to the of the lower levels among the timbers and he evidently di- slow German farmers that had to be forty acres at a big a41yance and fact that in helping pull the town lodged the bit from w h ere it was shown, and I am now giving mv bought an eighty. gradually ad- down 4 , it has cost me *5,000 in lying , - above hini, w ith the above experience that others may profit, ding to it until I had 200 acres of nine years. Like the majority of result. Dr. Smith of Townsend for knowledge is more expensive the best land in Iowa. I then felt farmers, I didn't figure far enough was called to attend him and af t low than ten years ago. FM need of asking favors, and ahead. nurse came from Helena Tuesday , went . 1,4-nine years ago I began founi it easy to patronize mail This sort of business means the night, hence he is receiving the best of care the Keating coinpanv my farm career. I had an old order :'gent s that came almost cluing away with country towns. can provide for him. Unless un- team and O. Our furniture was weekly to our door. I regret to What will it mean to farmers to forsessn complicationi dev4af, he• rnost4 home-mede—chairs, cup- say that 1 was the first in the have only a few large cities at an thi Pl(-±;Y rocr rc agaln•it i saidthnt the !lore made by r . ;cr.rc made front dry-. couWy to make up a neighbor- impossible distance from their the drill Wag ai clean cut as if good`bxes,neatly covered with hood bill and send it to a mail -or- homes: What are we going to do been mnde !)V a tEl bullet. cr 10c etonne by my girl wife. We der Though we got bit with our children, who are de- s rented SO :term Being a boy of every once in a while, we got in manding even better advantages \Badger\ Thomas 1.2.41od liit'!)its I got all needed ma- the liaLit of sending away for than we had chinery and groceries of our home stuff. Those cities we help to build B ecomes Benedict merchants on credit, until fall Gratinally our merchants les- return no favors; 4'.hey take our , crops were sold. The first year sened their stock of goods—for money but offer no credit in time R. C. Thomaz:. better known to j was a wet season and I did not lack of patronage. Finally we of need. If we want high schools, his friends in tla , wrestling ring The geological formation of the make enough to pay creditors. began to realize that when we we must raise the money and b b Badger: - went to each on date of naierei?-te , g1 , 3eded harts qutekty sao. larms or send e,• •/.11. 1 1k/L1 • _ beea tile today, dence of underlying wealth that Tittosaiay itappy iaineeics. and explained conditions, paving ery, or cLothing for sickness or our boys and girls at great ex- I lrde w\s Miss Ring of as mucl. to each as positalc, and death, we shad to wait and send pense to the cities, amidst tempt- I but needs capital to develop their Madison. Wisconsin, who arrived they all carried the balance overt away for it.. which wasn't so pleas- ations of which the farm has no !resources and bring to the sur- from tho east this morning on No. another year. They continued to I ant. One by one our merchants equal. face this wealth in the raw ma - :a. and was joined here hy her lius- accommodate me until I was able moved to places where they were These are some facts that need terial. It is a well known fact band to he, going on to Town- to buy a forty -acre piece of my a.ppre , Aated and men of less energy consideration, and I. have decided that oil and gas indications are send where the nuptial knot n was own. moved in. Gradually our town that the safest proposition all strong, and up the river coal of tied by Rev. C. M. Crave of the the coke variety has already been As soon as I owned these few has gone down; our business around, is for the people to look . Methodist church. discovered and considerable de - acres the mail-order houses began housea are \tacky\ in appearance, after their own interests and build The groom i one of the val- ley's energetic and hustling young sending me catalogues, and grad- a number are empty, our schools, up their own country towns that velopment work been done on the property. farmers, and at present holds the ually I began sending my loose churches and walks are going bring value to their farms. Let That coal of the lignite variety positions of mail carrier to Ha.- change to them, letting my ac- down, we have no band, no library those who want to patronize the exists in the hills east of Tostoa dershurg and road snpervisor. counts stand in my home town, nor bell team. There is no busi- city mail order house go there to Ile also enjoys more than local there seems to be no queqion of live, getting their living where of doubt, if surface indicationg lillack Friday INERMINIMINNI Mill Working A. B.. Bennett, president of the Black Friday Mining company, expects to have tile nf;%c concen- trator in working order this week and be shipping , ..oncentrates bv the latter pail of next, week. The machinery was all in place the first of the week except a motor and a few minor accessories, ail of which arrived Tuesday in Tos- ton and were taken out to the big mining camp. Just sixty days elapsed betweea the time ground was broken for the concentrator and its comple- tion. with practically all machin- ery installed. Mr. Benaett wae informed in Butte that his was a record breaker for concentrator building in this state. Taking into consideration that all of the material and machinery- was trans- ported ten miles by teams, make the record all the I - setter. The concentrator has a capacity of 75 tons grinding per day and a milling capacity of 30 tons. The company has plenty of ore on the ground to keep the machinery ie motion for sometime to f - Nime. Coal Discovery East of Toston VOL. 2 ISSOURI VALLEY INDEX =Ns, .••••• ••••••• BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1:), 1914 o Accident (In KeatingMine A pair:Itti and wlihit mav termi- it- in a serious accident occui..red; la the Kenting mine in Raders-i burg Tuelay iii a'ning when Tom struck hv a fail- n1:0-itine hir. which P e n - etrated his thigh close up to the TOWN MAKING vs. TOWN BREAKING ••••••- The Personal Story of a 'Mail Order\ Farmer Who Reformed Matter of Vital. Importance to Every Town groin, ,going entirely through to Thel following article is taken the skin on the lower side. He from the Western Retail Lumber - pulled the drill (mt, walked to the skip and gave the hoisting; man and Writi written by ail signal, and after reaching the top farmer: walked to the engine room mid We farmers need awakening to fainted-- the blood wishing from 4 the fact that we have unmistakably the v.-ound :tit time time. Suffragist Speaker IO¶Va • where I had gotten my accommo- ness done in the town, and there - fame as a wrestler, and in this dation when I needed it. fore no taxe.s to keep things up. clean sport has won some hard We then had one of the thrift- Hotel is closed. for lack of travel. fought battles. The bride conies among us as a stranger, but she bears the distinction of being one of :Madison's popular young la- dies. She waited patiently at her home until the man or her choice earn(' WeA and made good. Thev %yin make their home in Haders- burg. The Index juins their many fri , .thds in extending happy eon- gra t ulations and best wishes for ., Ile literary society in school in _ %seek. district :So. 23 will hold their first a future life of unalloyed happ- Mike A n toilette has been hauling meeting next Saturday, Oct. 17 nes, contentment and prosperity. • in his wheat the past week. and will continue the same as Walt Marshall commenced to usual through the winter. haul in his wheat last week. I Thresher Lane, who done the Corn to Toston \J rn ud g e,\ Kitto and son, Will, threshing on most of the bench finished hauling their winter'si land southwest, was in Toston on The ladies of Toston interested supply of coal last week. in Ile suffrage movement are us- Manager Hespen has repaired ing their best efforts in furthering the fences around the Broadwater the cause by conducting, in a way, company's fields. a c trupaign of education. A num- Bob Brownell expects to return her of prominent speakers have from the Gallatin valley POOD I to been here, and another one is scheduled to speak in Johnson's hall Saturday night. Mrs. Annie Dean Young, a days his prominent worker for woman's iest little villages in the state— Go down to the depot when the good line of business in all freight pulls in and see the sequel branches, merchant who %yore in mail order packages. they give their patronage. The remainder of my life will be given to building up the home town that I helped to pull down. Now, brother farmers, you can take my advice or get your knowledge the willing to help an honest fellow Nine years ago my farm was way I got mine. suffrage, will be the speaker. Her appearance will bc all the more A national interesting from the fact that she Farmers E organizer of the quity, is expected to formerly resided in this locality. meet with the Farmers' club in Mrs. Ywing's former name was the near future. Mr - S. S. S. Hunt:ey of the River- George Watkins has his Russian side ranch. ; thistles about all shocked and m Al are cordially invited to a t_ ready to touch a atch to as soon tend, and following the speaking' as it gets dry enough. soda! daLce will be given. Frank Marsha)! 16 Crow Creek Items Three Forks for the present, but Bob McFarland went to Toston his home is still in the Crow creek ! Monday. valley, so we still claim him as lone of our residents. Phil MIN -el is marketing wheat ! visit old friends and neighbors. Dan Bennett the school teacher, has been a widower for a few wife being away on a business Monday. lie will com- mence threshing again in this val- ley as st.4)n as the weather is fav- orable. The new school district over near Lombard, we understand, will use one room in a private house for school until their new building is completed. This is another step showing the growth and energy of the dry land ranch- ers. • aMMEMINMNIM/09 Miss Alma Shull is expected home from Great Fills soon. The big dance will take place in Johmon's hall Thlrilday i , Oct. Additional Local Notes D. B. Filson of Winston was in town Wednesday. Banker Clarke was a business visitor in the county scat last Saturday. John Siegerhammer is down from Lombard today and put in a good, healthy order for lumber to Manager O'Hearn of the local lumber yards. Since his wife is back to Montana, John finds it necessary that a more commodious home be provided, and he has plans outlined for a cozy cottage on the home place. Chas. Tarrant, foreman of the t•beep interests of the Big Springs ranch, unloaded Friday of last wee 's a recent purchase at the Crcov Agency of 3013 head of splendid 2 -year -old ewes. The flock was divided between the Big Springs ranch and the Foster band on . the Milwaukee railroad —also owned by the Penwell C01211[Ally, and the little development, work already done count for anything. Frank Shull and associates have a claim on Six Mile gulch, about two sn I one-half miles from town, which shows strong in lignite. Three well defined 4tratas have been uncovered. Development work is going forward with an idea of ascertaining the probable scope of the underlying veins. Meantime Mr. Shull is daily ex- pecting the arrival of an eastern coal expert to make an examina- tion of the pr6perty. Issues Challenge Wresting Match \Badger\ Thomas authorizes the Index to offer a challenge to all corners within ten pounds of his %eight in a wre43tling match. Just, before he got married he tipped the beam at 1.'i3 pound -o John Shull is endeavoring to promote a match and promises a good purse for the winner. It's clean, healthy sport and it is to be hoped that a match can be ar- ranged. A. E. Phippen of Great Falls if here this week installiag, a new bookteeping system for the TO6e , Lou Hardware company,