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- THE HARDIN TRIBUNE VOL. 11. NO. 52. HARDIN, Yl I LOWSTONE 4:trtiNTY,../W .N11' II A RDIN ENJOYS STEADY GROWTH Summary of the General De- velopment of Hardin During the Year 1909 That the town of Hardin is one of the most thrifty towns of its size in the state is the comment of all who visit it. Hardin has never had a boom, but from the time the first nail was driven in the first building until now it has enjoyed a steady growth. It is conceeded by those who visit it that it , has the largest number of br:ck or substantionally built busi- ness places of any town of equal size in Montana. Besides its buildings it has a water system, telephone system, has established street grades and has built a large amount of side walk all of which has been done at personal expense to its loyal citizens. During the year of 1909 the water system has been' more than doubled and the telephone company has three fold more phones in use today than a year ago, building up- wards of 50 miles of extension since new years 1909. The Gibson Bros. merchandise with a $5,000 stock, the Thomas hardware with $6,000 stock and the Sch- neider harness shop and confec- tionary with a $2,200 stock and fixtures. are the business places that have been established, and the stock of every business house in town have been increased from 25 per cent to 100 per cent during the last 12 months. The approximate cost of the building and improving during the year now ending are as follows: Ed. Lawlor, office Reeder store building Brennan & Balis, terrace 3,000 ' E. C. Spencer store ,, 4,000 MacDonald & Mouat, store 5,500 MacDonald residence 3,000 G. F. Corwin, residence 4,600 J. W. Johnston, warehouse 1,000 G. F. Burla, residence 3,000 Gibson Bros. store building 3,000 Gibson Bros. residence 1,000 G. H. Thomas, store bldg. 6,500 Al Coffin, residence . 800 McRoberts residence 200 Morgan residence Wise residence Truby residence Logan, improvements Schneider, kitchen Chas. Bailis, improvement on residence _ . . Becker, improvements H. M.Allen & Co.improve- ment at lumber yard Burlington depot Brings residence E. Adler, residence Bachellor & Scott, improve- ment at lumber yard 1,500 J.W.Johnston,on residence 2,000 A. L. Mitchell, improve- ment on residence 150 John Boylan improvements 100 Frank Bode,iiii barn 200 John Kifer, on store 300 W. A. Peden, on store 100 C. C. Hutton, on residence 100 \G. McLaughlin, on shop 100 J. O. Sands, on house 1 00 Tribune building 75 Knudson, on residence._ 200 School house property 125 D. S. Staten,residence 150 Mrs. Mill, on residence 50 J. W. Hutton, s tore building 850 Tolli ver, improvements 300 Telephone Co. extension 3,000 Water system, extension 1,500 325 300 400 60 90 200 350 300 500 200 200 H. M. ALLEN ra CO., Lath Shin Dom , . Whig atm.!' W LUMBER C. C. CALHOUN, Manager Hardin, Lime, Hair Wall Paper Cement Mixed Paint Linseed Oil Montana 41•11.111badaa 4 4 ....adinadiflaiMadabaaa. an. ASAMI. 411. ABU. a/11.AM. AO. AgaalllaA•aaglbad•• am... au. ..... a•aa•a An. The Montana Saloon W. A. BECKER, Mgr. Diplomat Whiskey. \it 4 - 1 - RIGHT' Imported and Domestic CIGARS B udweiser and illings lr: E R (D*) IMPORTED WINES Comer Central Ave. and Second Streets. HARDIN, Mont. AINA0S 0 A0N/%0NAOSINAWAISAVA\ , soys , WA/ I SAA I Vtai 1)0N Al It & MO; A I , Proprietors, Highest Price Paid for Hides and Furs. Dealer , - in ilorsc.. Arol Cattle. 4 10 1 %,%\/ v i Wo , \\,\\\\OVVVVVV VNANNANki Vv\\iv%M.I'v VV.\ Vv.40... , ~.0% , V 1 4\14.• HardinMeatMarket Bacheller-Scott I timber CompanN Dealers in LUMBER Builders' Supplies Let Us I igure With You Mont. • • \ f illtiiSiN o Stii evening fire broke out in the J. H. Kifer furniture store which destroyed the entire large stock in the main building and coin- pletly gutted the building leaving nothing but the walls standing. • Shortly after 9 o'clock Mr. Kifer closed the store and went down the street for an evening lunch and on returning when un- locking the door was met with billows of smoke coming from the interior of the building where a fire had gotten well Atter way. He rushed out and gave the alarm which immediately brought a score or more to the scene. To enter the building was to suffocate and with all near by hydrants frozen and with no chemicals with which to charge the engine all efforts to save the building were fruitless. At once attention was turned to the ware house from which perhaps $100 of stored furniture was saved. The back door of the main build- ing was then broken in and as that permitted a draft the entire building was soon a sea of fire, and it was not long until nothing but the brick was were left of what a few hours before was one of the best stocked business houses in town. As the building was brick and the wind was in the west the tire was confined to the building with the exception of the scorch- ing the adjoining building own- ed by Ed. Lawlor. The loss is perhaps $6,500 with 1,200 of insurance on the stock and building. The origin of the fire is unknown. A Quiet Wedding On December 26, 1909 at eight p. m., Mr. Ross K. McComb and Miss Pauline Urban were united in marriage by Father Dinand of St. Xaivier Mission; the wedding taking place at the home of their uncle, V. B. McComb. The wed- ding was a quiet affair, only the family circle being present and a few intimate friends. / Miss Urban is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Urban of Fort k Atkinson, Wisconsin. She is an accomplished young lady, her disposition would be a fortune to l ' a great many of us. ' ROSS K. McComS is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. I. N. McComb, il Brillion, Wis. He i's a gradu- ,ite of the University of Wiscon- sin. A post graduate in civil engineering, he has been one of l'nele Sam's engineering on tv. S. R. S. wthic for the past year. Mr. McComb is a resident of Hardin and the possessor of one of the finest 160 acre tracts of land in the Big Horn valley, lo- • cated three miles north of Hardin and commonly known as the \Daisy Ranch.\ Mr. and Mrs. McComb will make this their future home. At home Febuary ( o) 1st, 1910. • • • e) • • Dies on Ranch and without medical attention or • a spiritual advisor Jas. Reid, one of •- Away from fri , T1(iS, relatives • Snidow's sheep herders lied from (0 cancer of stomach on Wednesday II) of last week at the camp on • I Bovay creek with no one with i him but. the camp tender. The ; remains were brought to town on RIDAY, D1- 19 2,800 D1SASTFROUS FIRE VISITS HARDIN Large Stock at J. II. Kifer Furniture Store Practi- cally Destroyed---BuildIng Cutted---Damage $6,500 ---Origin of the Fire Unknown At about 10 * o'clock Monday - Christmas day. Undertaker smith of Billings was notified who came down on Sunday tak- ing the body to Billings where it was laid to rest. Young Reid was a Scotchman and so far as known had no rela- tives in this country. He was a quiet, trusty fellow and besides having a bank account in Billings had some $400 due him from Mr. Snidow. Abandon Work on Head Gate Last week C. B. Tabor dis- charged the entire crew on the reinforcing work at the head gate and left on Friday evening for his home at Forsyth. Mr.Thomp- son, who had the work in charge returned to LaCrosse, Wis. The abandoning of the -work was caused on acccunt of the con- tinuing cola weather and work will not be resumed before spring. The Lengthening Afternoons Its a peculiarity of December, the month of shortest days, that though the shortest day of the year falls on or about the 21st day of the month the shortest afternoon comes some ten or twelve days earlier. The after- noon of the shortest day is some four minutes longer than this shortest afternoon. Take any good almanac, turn to the December page, and look down the column that is comput- ed for the latitude of Washing- ton, which is ninteen miles north of the latitude of St. Louis. You will see that this year, begining on Monday, the 6thi, the earliest setting is recorded at 4:38 p. m., and that this hour of setting is continued until and including Monday, the 13th, after which the hour of setting becomes grad- ually later, until on the 21st it is 4:42 p. m., just four minutes later than the hour of earliest setting. But it must be remembered that the almanac tables for the popular use do not extend to fractions of a minute, and as the sun does not set at exactly the same instant on any two consec- utive days, it is clear that during the above period of eight days, when the apparent hour of set- ting was 4:38 the sun was earlier during the first 'four days and fractionally later during the last four. Taking the average, the earliest hour of setting, the shortest afternoon was about Thursday, the 9th of the month, afor which the afternoon stead- ily grows longer until the end of June. But while the December after- noons are growing longer, the mornings are growing longer, the mornings are growing shorter at a more rapid rate. The sunrise at 7:08 a. m. on the 10th of the month changes to 7:15 by the 21st, so that while the afternoon is four minutes longer the morn- ing is seven minutes shorter, a net loss of three minute in the length of the day. The latest rising of the sun in the latitude of St. Louis is about 7:19. and it does not perceptibly begin to raise at an earlier hour until after January 10, by about which date the sunset comes at 5 o'clock -some twenty-two min- utes later than the earliest sun- set of a Ill 'nth before. — Ex. $2.00 PER YEAR. Foster Christmas Tree The people of Foster assem- bled al i their school house on Christmas night and celebrated the occasion with a well arranged program and a nicely trimmed tree. The true Christmas spirit prevailed and everybody who attended the affiair - report a most enjoyable time. Following is the program: Song: Joy :to the World Audience Rec: If You are Good Florence Miller Rec: Santa Clause's Marriage Herbert Wiggins Song Christmas Bella' Chorus Rec: Snow Ball Louis Eckelberry Rec: Santa Clause Secret Ruth Wiggins Song: Before Dawn Vera Miller Rec. Hunting a House Louis F,ckelberry Rec: We are Such a Busy Family Mary Hellwick Rec: glad Tiddings of Joy McKinley Lucket Music Selected Ralph McComb and Jas. Weston Rec: A Christmas Carrol Vera Miller Rec: Santa Clause Fred Wiggins Song Our King School Rec: Give Somebody Somthing Myrtle Tuchenhagen Rec: Christmas Doings Jean Louis Song: Selected The Misses Sweeney and Becker Rec; XMAS PROGRAM WELL All' ENDED Eacu Number Creditable Ren- dered-- Proceed Nearly Twenty Dollars The program given in the Thomas hall on Christmas eve was a success from every point of view. The school children who were trained under the careful hand of Miss Ackerman did cred- it to themselves, also to their teacher. Part two of the pro- gram was also carried out with- out a hitch and each selection was very creditably rendered. The tree was artistically trimmed and presented a very pretty ap- pearance. The affair was well attended, netting the ladies near- ly $20. • a.. Has His Wires Crossed C. B. Schneider is in receipt of a letter from a Mr. Taylor in the state of Massachusetts asking for views of the Custer battle- field. In the letter the gentle- man, states that he was engaged in the battle and that he assisted in taking the wounded to steam boat on the Big Horn river. Now,history tells us that there were no survivers of that fatal battle and who this Mr. Taylor is or where he got his story from is what concerns us. In his letter he states that it was so long ago that it seems like a dream. It is our opinion that he has had a dream and in it he has gotten his Wildayuchenhagen The Goblin i wires crossed. Rec: Wint& Jennie Emmons Song: Oh Ring Out Ye Bells Chorus. + 0, 1ffia Tom Weatherd of Reno, Col.; spent a few days in town the first of the week. -insommaisisimmai. New Years Greeting Beginning 'January ist, 4910, persons carrying an account with this bank will be issued drafts, avail- able in all parts of the United States,without charge Our 1910 calendar is now ready for distribution First National Bank ll.iidiii, Stoat. -.111.11110.--4•0111410.- -442111DO. , -.4141111.1111• -wow*. -4111411MIIIMP , -44111111* --44111101111. -401111111*-- Builders Hardware Enamel and TinWare Everything in Hardware and Farm Machinery Heating Stoves and Barb Wire Always Hand Stove Boards Always Glad to Show our Goods Every Thing in Cutlery Ranges Washing Machines nit Cloths Wringers 0. H. THOMAS . 4 'NV :ailtrat-la a • a a a la lik IV 4 ilIVIIIL AB 11111:10 . 1116 IBA Leading and I Best Liquors Imported and Domestic Cigars Milt's Place MILT LYON, Prop. Sunny Brook I Bonded Whiskey Family Trade a Specialty... . * * ilt AP it Mr 1W1.111111411
