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The Hardin Tribune (Hardin, Mont.), 10 April 1908, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn86075230/1908-04-10/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
• • N N 14 Feed,Livery&Transferco .„ N II N N 14 First -Class Turnouts to points on the Reservation or any piece you 14 1 14 wish to reach. Teams with or without drivers. Prompt service. 14 btpress and Dray Orders Promptly' Done r i g xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=xxxxx=xxxxx=riril 13 ••• •••• • i;•••• , ...7% • OP' • • ..t...; THE IIARDIN TRIBUNE. • VOL. I. NO. 14. HARDIN, MONTANA, FRIDAY, APRIL to, *908. $s.00 PER YEAR. Spring Styles for 1908 Now on Sale at My Store iSEE ME PLEASE) JOHN D.LOSEKAMR Clothier and Outfitter BILLINGS F a\ THE BANK OF HARDIN Invites everyone in the Big Horn valley to open an account i with them. On time deposits we pay 5 per cent for six months, 6 per cent for a year. We are very careful in the selection' of our loans, requiring security with a good margin. No loans are made to officers and a large reserve is carried, making the bank an absolutely Safe place for the deposit of funds, whether large or small. The same consideration is given a small account as a large one. Burglary and Holdup Insurance carried and we are members of American Bankers Association. We *elicit your business on conservative principles and with safety before profit. Tours truly, R. A. HOWBLL, Cashier. roliaos41014414141411P■ollamonse01.41101softla ••••••••••••••••••••••••••-•••.Y.•••. •••wo•NNI•••.••••••al••••••••••••••••••••••• • The Montana Saloon W. A. BECKER, Mgr. 111 ••••••••••••••1••••••••••• Diplomat Whiskey. .11 S I RIGHT\ Imported Domestic CIGARS B udweiser and illings E E R CD* I M PO RTED WINES Corner Central Ave. and Second Streets. HARDIN, Mont. ,•••••••••••••••••••••••••-••-•••••••••••••••-••••••••••••••••-•••••• •••••••••••••••••••••• 1W . 1.40TS Some Good Locations Still for Sale Values Will Go Up 1 HARDIN, Montana CARL RANKIN, rieessotetelel'olleuseitiPmlasseitirolleasedeirlottissotirdolitaxoni Ditch Work Begins • • OOOOOO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE HARDIN BAR ROBERT ANDERSON, Propr. CorrIes a full line of Old • Homestead 1 Whiskey Budweiser Beer WINES, IMPORTED and DOMESTIC CIGARS HARDIN, MONT • • • • • • • 10 4 11..1011,11. , 11 , 11 , 11vIiilli. 1.1,1elirsyw 4a„s,41),‘„,,, E. C. SPENCER, • General Merchandise • I Dry Goods, • Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Clothing. t Hardin, Mont. ' Stock Complete $ liwivw 11 111.111 1111 11 1/A111.11.11.11.111.41•1 111-1•10 iir c MIL= XXXXZX IL^XX XXX xxxxxxxxxxxx NARDI N GET wAT ER AT nv. he maid, other members of the WM- pitny .would ha.ve been present. He $10 PER ACRE eouldwpa pmsay. bowpared to ev fl er u , toehatthethebuicodni ng o company the tunal and that their figures were based on a concrete issealga,te, steel flumes or siphons, wood trainee for di- version headgates with steel lifts. in- cluding the making of all the main let- eralm, plans and specifications to be ap- proved by the association, and the work to be first clam. This, he said, his com- peny would do at the rate of ;10 per NO acre, furnishing 128 inches of water for oat acres of land. A sufficient lthnd e maid be furniiihed on their part to Ranging; gnarantee the performance of the work accordance with the contract, plans i and specifications. One to five yearn will•be given the people, secured • yeai'i. strenuiais r by notes and mortgages, or a discount effort, some talk, a few &MK and Other necessary and unnecessary appertu- nances thereto belonging, the land owners of this unparalled and undevel- oped valley, have at last restate,' that stage where something promising and acceptable in the mutter of canal build- ing has materialized. Talk along this line has been freely indulged in 'duce lot* before the opening to settlement of the ceded portion of the (grow res- ervation, but since that event canal Big Horn Valley Farmers May Have Cheap Water. CASH for cash. ' R. E. Shepherd, for Bair and Shep- herd. renewed their former offer of $15 per acre. Their plan contemplates con- crete work throughout with super- vision and liability over the canal until such time as the canal is shown to be capable of carrying the water. They agree to furnish 80 inches of water to the 160 acres of land and will give 10 per cent discount for cash or payments anay be made in ten annual install - talk has unquestionably been 'para- 'Bents. They do not agree to construct mount' and abundant. It might :nee lateral s . Knepper made the same propo- sition of one week previous, as follows; Wooden structures throughout, all lat- erals included, supplying 100 inches of water to 100 acres of land, at $10.73 per acre. They require a cash payment of ;30,000, the balance to run from one alto five years at the option of the peo- Se. A discount of ten per cent is* al- lowed for cash. On motion of V. B. McComb it was decided to ask the four firms bidding, apil any others, to submit their pro - *soils in writing, accompanied by plans attd specifications, to the directors, on . turday. April 11th, at which time accepted. About one month ago the te directors will accept one of the project wag called to the attention of propositions for the approvahi of the the contracting firm of H. Kaepper & land owners under the canal. Slo.. of Sheridan. On March 28th Mr. Knepper met the people of the valley at it called meeting in Hardin and made them a very fair offer to con- struct the ditch. The following day Mr. J. W. Gregory of Basin, Wyo„ representing Win. Winter of Spokane, Wash., placed another offer before them. In view of the fact that. an- other meeting had been called for April 4th, it was deemed advisabie 05 3 postpone action on both proposition's until that meeting, with the hope tif, securing a larger representation of land owners. In the meantime, Messrs. Bair and Shepherd, who had previously figured on building the canal, were ed d ested RENO & McDONALD, Props. iirrwirvvvviorrierrierirxvrirrvIrrirvirrarx l IrirrTinrrit - rInantrEntirrrntnifilal xvvirrioreer r L ira - 1MM Tit Xi xxxxxxxvisxxxxxinnixxxxxx-xxx-xxxxvinivaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Tribune for Job Printing not be wrong to say that tip to it short time ago, it all ended in talk. How- ever, incalculable good has undoubtedly resulted and unless all signs faik-1,110. work done during the past fowls.. orlve weeks will produce results worthy ale commendatioirof till. • - • S Continued agitation and publietty finally succeeded in interesting others than land owners in the Big Horn val- ley irrigation project. For more than a year there was but one proposition before the people for consideration, and without attempting to pass upon its merits or demerits we must say that it was not thought well enough of to be Four Propositions Submitted In Price From $10 to $15 Per Acre—Will Accept One. After more than REQUIRED notifi requ to be present, as were also the Big Horn Basin Con- struction Co., of Basin, Ws -o. When the meeting last Saturday was called to order by Chairman Johnston, at the Hardin Hotel, it was noticeable that by far the largest number of land Owners :ever assembled in the valley were prisent. 'In addition there were representatives of four companies, each with propositions for the constructioW of a canal to offer. Upon assembling the meeting de- cided to change the name of the cor- poration formed one week previous from the Hardip Water 'Users' Asses cirtion to the Big Horn Water Users' Association, and also to increase the hoard of directors front five to seven members, tilling the two vacancies by electing Harry Romemond end E. .1. Danielson. . After attending to other routine ix:ei- nem Chairman - Johnston announced that the meeting would listen to any one present desiring to present Irmo's- ale for the construction of a canal sys- tem. .I. W. Gregory was the first to re- spond and stated that he would under- take, under bond, to build a canal, with concrete heading, steel flume* or1 siphons, the main laterals, wooden headgates at all points of diversion, supplying 100 inches of water to 100, acres of land, on terms as follows: $11 per acre on from one to five years time, secured by notes and mortgagor with' a discount of five per cent for eash. He ales stated that his people would advance the money required to comply with the demand of the government regarding the deferred payments due the Indians. the amount to be added to the price of water and included in the mortgage. Mr. Gregory stated that . the canal would he built, in every de- tail. in a first class manner, and in ac- cordance with plans an specificationtt to he approved by the Association sr its authorized representative or engi- neer. Mr. Everett. representing dm Rig I Horn Construction Co.. mid his coons' pally had not antielpated *ration of this I kind at tide zneeting. Heil they done ' F.ISIDOSSE TAFT Montana State Committee Selects Bette for Convention City. At a meeting of the republican state central committee in Helena last Sat- urday it wee decided to hold the con- vention for the nomination of delegates to the national convention at Butte on May 14th. The candidacy of Secretary Tait for the nomination for president wee endorsed, but not without con- siderable opposition. The Unemployed At a convention of representatives of varieus labor and other bodies held in New York Tuesday to inquire into the number of unemployed throughout the United Staters and the reason for their idleness. • Samuel A. Stodel, a representative of the Industrial Worker's of the World, said that he had prepared a statement of the number of the unemployed in 37 states. \A reasonable estimate of the number of unemployed throughout' the United States at the present time would be at least 4,730,000,\ he said. Stodel asserted that matters are going to he worse. Pacific interests Greater. Aciapirisl,Nyiteeje,m iiiiteryiess - in the Sun Francisco Chronicle last Sunday 'says& The greater intermit of the United States today is in -the Pacific. The coming of the fleet to this meat has not only demonstrated to the world that we have 111 battle ships which can be brought together for a long ernime at a moments notice. but it has called the attention of the people of our own country to the fact that we have a Pa- cific count, as well as an Atlantic coast, and that it will he defended just as much as every inch of land around , New York, and that our- interests in the Pl c are today greater than arel thoeeihe Atlantic is th e A lo ft r oa d to the coml. tries of the far east, where the great-; sst commercial development is to. be. With development will come war, but it will be a commercial war. fought with brains and dollars and not with 10 -inch gam. It will he generaled by such men as Harriman. and the part the navy is to piay is only to be always ready. We do not plan nor fight com- mercial battles. ''The coming of the fleet was moat opportunely timed by the president, and its arrival in the Pacific has re- sulted in the present assurance of mares. Ni'e that I ever helieved that there warn any actual danger of war -- the people of both countries realized too well what a calamity a war would ha,ve been. If the navy shonkl ever be called upon to fight in the settlement of our interests in the Pacific, it would be to stop with its guns the commercial development for which the leader's of industry are battling with brains and dollars. \We accompliehed much in the cause of peace in the Pacific, where we dem- onstrated that the efficiency of the fleet increased with each day of the cruise. When the fleet sailed through the Strait of Magellan into the Pa- cific the ships were in better condition and better prepared for action than they were the day we sailed. That was proved by the target practice at Magdalena bay, and the records of that practice. which are most made - factory, will show it. PRAISE AGENT REYNOLDS Chief Plenty Coos Tells Senate Com- mittee Agent is All Right. A recent Washington dispatch says: Chief Plenty Coots of the ,Crow In- dian tribe testified Saturday before the senate committee on Indian affairs and in response to questions by Senator Dixon, denied many of the statements of Mrs. Helen Pierce Grey, that many of the Indians were mistreated by Major Reynolds, the agent. Two in- terpreters were used in the exami- nation,One repeating the questions to the chief and the ether' giving the answers to the committee. 'Plenty Coos explained the manner of his tribe in farming their lands, and told of the relations of the tribe to the agent. Major Re•rnolds. He expresmed the belief that Rey- nolds was the beet agent the Crows had ever had, in that he helped the Indians to help them -seines, The chief denied that Reynolds interfered with members of the tribe in selling their stock and produce for the bent price obtainable. In other ways he praised .fteynolds, but said that there had -been some complaint by those Indians who did not like to work.. Senator Dixon brought out the fact that Plenty Coos was with General Crook in 1870 and fought with hint just in advance of the Caster massacre. He was asked why he had been named Plenty Coos and explained that the name mime from the coo stick, on which deeds of valor are „recorded by the cutting of 'notches, the driving of., nails or the hanging of scalps. He explained that he used to live in the center of fighting tribes of indians of other nations, and that he amassed so many trophies in battle against hostile bands that his coo stick would hardly hold them all. Therefore, he was called Plenty Coos and made the •Isig chief of all the Crows. Senator Brandagee wanted to know whether the acuities on his- coo stick were white or Indian. Plenty Coos said tilat the willies of bin tribe had been always against the Arapahoe., Cheyenne and Sioux tribes, and never against the whites, who had always been -the Crows' friends. He declared that his scalping now is confined to alfalfa and oats, that he has ceased to war and now shakes hands with every- body. • The members of the committee took great interest in Plenty Cools and his followers, about u dozen of -whom were present. They looked prosperous and the chief, through the interpreter, eafplained that they' were the Sower of' the tribe. In explaining the hold- ings of his family, Plenty Coos excited some curiosity 'as to • the number of wives he had. He said it was unusual for him to talk about anything of that kind, but that before he came fully under the control of the government he had married 10 times and had a number of wives at one time. Now. he believed in the • white onan':4 life regarding marriages, he said, and. had only one wife. The Indians mime to Washington for examination concern- ing two hills of interest to the Crow reservati ni and were - only qemestioned Incidentally about the charges that have been made by Mrs. Grey. Charges Denied. Secretary Garfield and Indian Coin- mimmioner Ioeupp appeared before the senate committee on Indian affairs last Wednesday anti entered denials of the charges made by Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray that they had favored ospitaliets in the matter of leasing (\row Indian • CONTRACT SIGNED. Big Hera Low Liles DIU* Week Will Start May 1st. The directors of the Low Line Ditch Co. and the contractors met in Billing's the tint of this week and signed the contract for the construction of the low line canal. We understand the contract calls for work to start on May 1st. The people to be supplied with water from this canal are deserving of all kinds of good things for the energy and per- severance they hare displayed in pumh- ins this project through. They.' were required to raise $10,000 in cash before the contractors would take hold of it, and when it is remembered that the greater portion of them are men of lim- ited means and have settled on raw land with the hope of eventually mak- ing themselves houses, the task is not an easy one. There were no laggards, however, and they have made good. The canal i;111 cover over 7,000 acres of land in the north or lower end of Big Horn valley, ranging from eight. to fifteen miles from Haetlin. Juan - munch as Hardin is the railroad and sup- ply point for the country covered by this 'canal the success or failure of the enterprise is of deep interest to the people of this city as well as to those under the canal, and we in conse- quence rejoice with them. Tea Reasons Why You Should Carry • a Bank Account. 1. If you had a bank account, it would encourage thrift and economy. 2. It would enable you to get ahead dining the productive years of your $. It 'Would provide the means to take advantage of a good business proposition at once. 4. It would systematize your busi- ness and nothing succeeds like system. a. It would give you a permanent. record of your business transataious and a receipt for all money paid out. 6. It. Would give a good impression to all ,with SChoin you have business, relations. it 7 t would aware you against the loss of surplus funds or valuable papers by fire, storm or theft. S. It would give you a better stand - 'lug in the community and away from home: C. It would place you in a position' to ask for co-operation, mid assistanee from the bank, in came you eliould need to borrow for a time. 10. It would increase the general - prosperity of your community, Banks are not. only depositories, but. through the losing of their funds, en courage and -sustain all forme of ia- dustry. - holds, to the detriment of the Indians_ themselves. They also defend'ed MOM.' Reynolds and said that the booke a the iuteriut department and thulieliap at fire Would be opened to Mrs. Gray if she desired to pii nine the charges further. Illinois Going \Dry.\ • With 27 'counties of Illinois Owed on the \dry\ list by Taeaday's election. al .of the state's102 counties ate utokally dry. Nine counties went dry last No- . vember. In addition there WV now , 111 other counties which are witiauloon with tha exception of one township in each. Ack'-ording to the . latest 'returns 888 townships cast their votes against saloons and 304 tovenships in favor of retaining the saloon. The total number of \dry' townships in the state, in , eluding those which held elections last November, is now 1,206. and the total of wet townships is 323. The most re. liable estimates placed the number of saloons voted out of basinees Tuesday at 1,100, and the net anti -saloon majority must in the entire territory voting at 24,000. in all 84 couuties held elections Tuesday and In that territory it is iota mated that there are now in the neigh- herheisl of 1 1.000 saloons. The result of the election, therefore, will compel more than one-third of this number to go out of business within AO days. The city of Chicago did not vote onSocal option, the antioadoon league being linable to obtain the number of petitioners reqnir- tit have the question mahtnitted. Will not Attend. In an interview at. 'Coleraili. Springs W. .1. Bryan is ructote4 as saying that he will not attend the Denver conven- tion, and that he will not visit Colo- rado this year. Regarding the nomi- nation of Tom Watson by the populist\ Mr. Bryan would gay nothing. but ex- pressed r tid iii a demos:rata' victory at the c..eling national election. • The - ielephime line he t N....\11 liana in aid Politer will lie coitipl.etel by Ma list, • Mr Me( otnh ther.• are refer thirty 1141 1 MP% tr u-tod fr ant i that the redos are ih,.$ ..N-er half
