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'1/ , • 1 ?... ; VOL. II. NO. 22. MELST6NE, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY,. MONTANA, 1 4- 4. - 11 4 AY, OCTOBER 13, 1911. $2,00 PER YEAR. Roy Rains Help Wheat Winter,Wheat Doing Fine Business Conditions Brightening. Word comet to us from the ranchern.residing in the Melstone vicinity, that the heavy rain of last week was one of the greatest blessings ever descended upon the dry land farmers, that it worked wonders with the growth of .winter. wheat; and that the outlook for - next year is groat. Wheat that Was planted early is now iip in fine shape and will* have a good start before winter sets in. if the win- ter wheat that has been lately planted gets good growing weather to hurry its growth the outlook will be stupendous, and especially to the now farmers, Some of wink)) put in their first crop this fall. The native grass has been benefit- ed to a big extent by the rains and will make good fall and winter pas- ture. Business conditions in general through\‘it i . e. the northwest . are brightenin up, and underlying conditions are regarded sound. Trade in all lines is still quiet, but -sentiment is cheerful and a re. turn to :normal conditions will, it Is thought be fairly rapid. The .gsain uwvemeut . heavy end eatt reebing an:COO& hriy- ing Is Already reflectetrifklittit;as- , , ing. batik depoilDti. There 0004 , *imam' for money at 0 pot cent. Lumbershiptrients last' week were 2,852,000 feet -190142,128,000 the proceeding week. Preliminary Held Friday The preliminary hearing in the case of Robert, Dean and James Parkinson, charged with assault in the first degree for having shot Homer Hodges at Parkinson, on the evening of Sept 16, was begun Friday evening and concluded Sat- urday afternoon when the:.court discharged James Parkison.there being nothing in the evidence to connect him with the affair. Dean and Robert were held for trial fur- nishing bonds in The sum of $1,500 each. The defendants warm.° repro - presented by if. L. *Kalb while County Atttirney C J. Marshall appeared for the state. • The de- fense offered •-no tentiniOny what- ever, but put in a motion for the discharge of the prisoners. which was overruled. The case wee tried at bewistown Fergus county, in which county the shooting . occurred. • Correspondents It is the desire of the manage- ment of the Graphic to get corres- pondents in all the surrounding towns so we hope if there Are any who would be interested in seeing items from their home to in ap- pear hi the Graphic, that th&y will sant them in and get our erms for 'correspotalita • Respectfully, TUE MEL$ToNlt G Harry Jaffe of umatra made a short visit with Ms deter, Mrs. 0. Goldstein, between trains' Yester- day. The Great Northern Will Start Grading 0 The Plans are to Build the Railroad WithoUt - Delay. It is now officially announced that thaGreat Northern will build their railroad from Billings to Lewistown and that trains will be running thereon before next -fall. It is expected that the construction of the road bed will emelt:twice at once if the weather conditions stay good and, if not, it will coinmence not later than spring. The right of way and other pre- liminaries are about Closed up and things being put in shape for the actual beginning of construction work‘ It will he only a matter of a short time until all the right of way will be owned by the railroad company. Detailed surveys of the entire route have been made and are already in the hands of con- tractors. It will not take long to award the contract, and work can begin,if the weather will permit. The -route which has been defi- nitely settled upon is the one that leaves the main line of the Billings Northern at Hauck'esiding, which is located five miles south of HO - son. The new road will havri•a length of 30 miles. .• • .kiperb the rOund:lhonse wat'quietly mar. fief) in St:' Paul and returned , . to Melstono with his bride Friday, where they went to housekeeping in the K. E. Park house. We are glad to welcome Mrs. Sperb among us and sincerely hope that Mr. and Mrs. Sperh's residence in our litt le city will be a pleasant one. It seems that Bill sought to slip one over on the boys, but true to their old game they got their heads together and about 10 o'clock Sun- day night they donned their .war paint and went up to No. 4 in the Antler Hotel where Bill was re- posed in deep slumber, never dreaming that these green-eyed monsMrs wore plotting to spoil his nights rest,and demanded that Bill come out which he was in no hurry to do. So with the aid of an old pan they made the night hideous until he got up .and trailed them all over town and bought all the good things they wanted, then they agreed to sign a treaty and beat it for home. Guest for County Jail A young mail, giving his name as Jack McIntyre, was arrested at Lavine Wednesday charged with being implicated with a band of hoboes ectiurgoyne. in burning a hole in the floor of a box car stand- ing on a side track. The warrant was sworn out by Station Agent King, who received word from the section boss at Burgoyne that one of the party was botmd for Lavine. County Attorney O'Neil. went up from Roundup Thursday and the ease 'Drought for .trial before Jukige Heaton who found him guilty and gay() him 19, days in, the county county attorney Leek the pris000r tO Roundup and turn- ed . him:Over le Sheriff Vine endent. ' • , . Safe Crackers At Stanford Load Big . Safe - in Wagon and Haul It Out of the Town. Some time early Friday morn- ing, three men broke into the rear of the Phil Coppage:Saloon at Stanford and took eqhis big safe loaded it on a wagonAd hauled it out of town where thir blowed it open with dynamite: vl The wagon trackcould very plaj i ply be seen and ti4lOon as the bbery was discove* . inen were sent out to see jf:Ahei . ;eould. find any trace of the roblirs. After getting out in the country a couple of miles, they diisoot!ered the wrecked safe. The deputy 'sheriff at Stanford has . a' clue,: which may lead to the [Vat of :':the 'guilty parties. Three men, are suspee‘eci of do- ing the doed` - because. Of the , in- cident that happened . ! (ew. . hours earlier when a stranget.in Stanford was held up by three thou who ar- rived at about the time they held him up and it is believed by some that these are the fellows who rob. bed the safe. ; They secured 75c from the man and a little over 14300, in cash from the safe, Officers are iiOw mng . ivz; P%!, inunruittt ntitiCiPs i tiai1it Odi! Startling di3velopmeitts may appear at any tine. Melstone a Shipping.Point As a shipping center, we do not believe Melstone can be boat.. Lest week 33 cars of sheep were ship- ped by Harris & Waite and Wed- nesday of this week Leper: and , Gad shipped 27 carload and To. gnushipped 33,000 head on the same day. It is with pleasue that we can chronicle that Melstone is forging to the front not only as a shipping point but as an agricul- tend country. It estimed that al - out a million • sheep have been shipped out of here in the past two weeks. 'Last year there was, only 500 acres under cultivation around Melstone and this year it has al- most 2,500 acres, which goes to shovf diy land farming is no long - en an experiment in the Melstone vicinity - The city itself enjoys a good lucrative business' and as the traveling men put it,. 'considering the size . of . the town it equals and in some things exceed the amount of business' done in towns three times its size.\ Ithers Attention! We ill, in order to secure more s'ubscters, give every rancher whil .8 cribes for the Graphic one year m i inlyance, six months free adverAting pf their brand. This is an eieeptional offer not given by any other paper in - Montana. In this way your brand will be made public and stock lost or strayed can be more easily located when the ranchers )(how each others' brand. We hope you will realize the convenience of this mode of advertising your brand and come and give us $2:00 for a years sub- scription lo time, Graphic and get space for your bra'1tdeo, Arrested Here For Jumping His Debts .0, \ Proprietor of Cozy Rest- , aurant Tries to Leave fr Some Bad Debts v J. E. Wilson, Who has been the proprietor of the Cozy Restaurant at Roundup for some time, was ar- rested in this city Wednesday and taken back that night by Chief of Police J. M. Kyles of that place, who also made the arrest. It seems that Mr. Wilson had been gettipg goods right along but had failed to pay his bills. When his creditors began to press him pretty hard, he thought it was time for him to quit the town, but the manager at the Hendrick's Mereattile Company got wise to his little ruse and had a warrant sworn out which was served on him in Roundup. He begged to be let off, making all kinds of promises and they lot him go. In the mean time - he tried to make 'his get away and the chief followed him to Melstone and ar- rested him the second time. 'Ho will now have to stand trial. Ode to Montana (Written Especially for the Grabillo) Over the hill top and mountain, Then down by - the coulee and creek,. Never • word the.rhole flay Jong;,. 1.wheri fairs • (Mad lands ott in the distance, And . the scori rocks on the hill, The atritglIng pines in the forest Where coyote and wolf roam at will. Here and there a lonely cabin; But there's never soul in sight, And an awesome dread creeps o'er me As I travel alone in the night. And yet the life is alluring, For the song ol the pine to me, .7 5 nd the large hearts of the people, Blend together in harmony. From north -south they have gathered; From the extremes east and west. kteckless and care free people, Of the whole wide world the're best. • This wild free life is entrancing Then who can escape it's snare? The spirit of primal treedom, is carried along in the air. I'm one with the whole surroundings; The valley, the mountain, the hill, The winding creek and the coulee, The soughing pine's never still. Life is seductive. alluring, 'Mid wilderness scenes such as this; Montana's hills bold and scraggy, Is a place of exquisitebliss. —By F. W. Wallace. Hill Plans Montana Home L. W. Hill, president of tho Groat Northern, Wlib was a visitor at the state fair, announced that he has decided . to becothe a citizen of Montana. Mr. Hill has contracted for a summer home in Glacier -National Park, also a big ranch just south of the Blackfeet reser- vation. \I want to belvitizen of Mont- ana\ said Mr. Hill, \I will of course have to spend much of my Hine in St. Paul, but Montana will he my home. I like Montana; Why, out hero you have some ono to vote for, back there You don't like either set of candidates. Here you have some live wires, some of my kind of men, and when, the next election rolls around, I will east my v i ol° for governor of Mont- ana. There will be a dance at Mussel- eholl next Friday night, Oct, 20. New Bridge, Has Started The Work Will be Rushed to an Early ,Corn. pletion. It was a great surprise to the citizens of Melstone, when County Surveyor Parkinson and a force of bridge builders landed in town Tuesday and informed us that the construction of the new bridge was to start at once. It was good news and received with much gratifica. tion. The Security bridge Company of Billings has the contract and the work work will be under the supervision of G. I. Beekstead. an experienced bridge builder. Mr. Beckstead has informed a repre- sentative of the Graphic that the work will he pushed right along to an early completion. Temporary footbridges are now being built for the convenience --of the work- men, and the excavations for the abutments are about finished. The contract calls for piles to be driven unless they strike bed rock, upon which the abutments, are to be built, They are to be of reinforced concrete. The bridge will he 130 feet long, with a solid , concrete floor. strieqy np-te 7 d0.tp! Itge , e9E , the hosr$ntl\ttrdii -- • •Ilr;tii the rievin'al bridges that &nitw missioners have allowd, this is the first to be built. The others will be built on the same plan. Now roads will be built front both ends of the bridge, one will be built along the coulee west of town which will go under the rail. road and run about three miles north for the purpose of eliminat- ing the old crossing on account. of its dangerous - situation being on ono side of a cut where it is im- possible for people to see trains comibg from the east until they are almost on them. The bridge will cut off about three miles for the people on the south when they are coining to Melstono. which will be a great convenience amid thoroughly appreciated by them. -4111. •4111. -- Ends Laurier's Rule The resignation of the liberal government, which came into power in 1896, took place at the government house at Ottawa, Ont, Friday afternoon, following a Cab. ink sitting which lasted until 1 ;30 Saturday. Sir Wilfrid Laurier conferred with Earl Grey for only a short period, after which the governor general sent a message to the residence of the incoming pre- mier, and asked him to. undertake the task of forming a new Govern- ment. Mr. Borden, of course ac. copted ond requested a • few days in which to complete a now minis- try. It is now announced semi - Officially that the personnel of the Borden cabinet will be published this week. A deal has been closed whereby the Bank of Ryegate, which has heretofore been, a , branch of the Bank of Lavine has boon sold (to Henry Thien of Fargo N. D. Who has taken possession. It will be • Mr. Thein's earnest effort to im. prove the bank and give .Ryegato the beat service he can, 'sr • .5
