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• • e THE HARDIN TRIBUNE VOL. III NO 4t• HARDIN, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1910. Republicans Will Meet in Hardin October 19 Meeting Has Been Arranged For Wednesday Evening—Harry L Wilson Will be the Principal Speaker—Other Prominent Republicans will be Present The Republican kettle has be- gan to boil in this county \and every worker of the party will be kept busy from now until after election. Hon. Charles N. Pray opened the campaign with a rousing ad- dress in Billings last Tuesday evening and Hon. Joseph M. Dixon is scheduled to be in Bill- ings the 20th. Among other precinct meetings that have been arranged for is one to be hell here in the Becker hall on the coming Wednesday evening. A number of prominent exponents of Republicanism are scheduled to be at the meet- ing with Harry L. Wilson as the principal speaker. It will be worth while for every man in the Hardin pre- cinct, whether a republican or not, to be present at this meeting. Mr. Wilson has served as county attorney of Yellowstone county for the past six years and there is not a man in this county better qualified to present the interests of the party than he. He is a clean cut, forceful speaker and those who have the opportunity to here him will be amply repaid for their trouble: Some of the Republican nom- inees for county office will be at the meeting where they will be glad to meet every voter in this precinct and, if desired, ex - plain their position on all issues. The Republican party has nev- er had a stronger ticket in the field than the present one. Ev- ery man on the ticket is worthy of your support, and when elect- ed will render the highest type of service to both county and state. Now don't forget this meeting. Be there. Join the throng and as someone has said, \Be good and you will be happy.\ FOR SALE—Good kitchen range, used only three months. Inquire of E. A. Willard. Examine those Maise comforts at Gibson Bros.' Cash Store. The famous Schmidt knit sweeters for ladies at Gibson's. Ladies' Club Meets The Ladies' Commercial Club met last Monday at the home of Mrs. Corwin, and an interesting time was spent. The next meet- ing will be held at the home of Mrs. Gladden on next Monday at 4:15 p. m. At this meeting the geography and early history of Montana will be studied and discussed. All ladies who will take an active part will gladly be received as members of the club. SECRETARY. Mrs. G. F. Burla went to Bil- lings last evening. Ernest Mitchell, while assist- ing U. S. Miller on the ranch last week, was taken ill and had to be taken home. Dr. Richards is in attendance. We have secured a contract with the Sely Shoe company for their famous Royal Blue Rubber boots which we positively guar- antee— they are the sole of honor. —Gibson Bros. Miss Randeina Dahl. of Bloom- er. Wis., commenced the Valley Center school last Monday. Chamber of Commerce Meets The Hardin Chamber of Com- merce met in regular session in the office of Johnston & Tupper on Tuesday evening of this week. The committee on incorpora- tion reported that petetion for incorporation had been filed and that J. S. Tupper had been ap- pointed to take the census,which would be done in the near future. W. J. Scott, Fred Miller and Rev. Marshad were appointed as committee on entertainment of the Midland Commercial club which meets here the first Tues- day in November. Fred Miller was confirmed as a new member. Choice, sorted potatoes for sale. —T. A. Lewis. Certificate of Partnership We, the undersigned hereby certify that the firm of MacDon- ald & Mouat, carrying on the bus- iness of meat market at Hardin, Montana, and buying,selling and handling cattle, sheep and hogs in connection herewith consists !of Archie D. MacI5ona1d and Thomas H. Mouat both of whom are residents in said comity and :state. I Dated this 9th day of Septem- ber, 1910, Hardin, Montana. ARCHIE D. MACDONALD. THOMAS H. MOUAT. Close fitting peticoats at Gib- son Bros.' Cash Store. Dry Farmers' TenCommandments Billings Gazette: I. D.O'Don- nel, acknowledged by many to be one of the best and most success- ful practical farmers in the state, and who works scientifically, joining forces with nature, is of- ten asked the question, \What methods or plan must I follow to be a succesful farmer.\ When broached yesterday on the question for the thousandth time, Mr. O'Donnel called atten- tion to the ten commandments laid down by a prominent agri- cultural expert doing good work in North Dakota. The ten commandments are: Thou shalt plow deep. Thou shalt keep the surface of the soil loose and level and lower soil compact ? Thou shalt add organic matter to the soil. Thou shalt summer follow when rain fall is less than 15 inches. Thou shalt grow corn or a cul- tivated crop every two to five years. Thou shalt grow clover, alfalfa or some leguminous crop every few years. Thou shalt grow early matur- ing crops. Thou shalt keep down the weeds. Thou shalt keep stock. Thou shalt plant trees. Who obeys these command- ments shall reap abundant crops. He who violates them shall be punished by decrease in yield in proportion to the transgression. AS. J. S. Tupper began the con- struction work on his residence I in the west side of town. Pride of Sheridan flour is our hobby. Evolution of the West BY O. L. DietiraisoN When the national countirig of noses shall have been completed this year,, the returns will allow approximately 260,000 farms un- der ditches watering more than 16,000,000 acres. As the forego- ing table shows, the government projects under way, when ern- pleted,which indicates that 81.25 per cent oi the irrigated area in the United States has been open- ed up by private capital. A,mong those giving but casual thought to the question, the im- pression prevails that irrigation enterprise is practically new. Not so, however, as irrigation in- dustry in some form has been promoted practically from the beginning of civilization. The birth of civilization and history took place in arid regions under cloudless skies. Tablets,- un- covered in Babylonia, made by the pe,ople who ruled 2,500 years B. C. (the first empire of 'the earth), disclose that in the laws of this empire there many sensi- ble rules regarding the use and abuse of water in irrigation. An artificial reservoir covering several hundred square miles, 300 feet deep, holding six months flow of the .Nile,was in operation 450 B. C. By artificial jneans the Chinese put water on their rice lands several centuries be- fore the Christian era. France, Itlay, Japan. England, Germany, Scotland and many other coun- tries have long been applying ir- rigation in the arid sections. India has long been hurdened with famine, but the extension of her system of irrigation is sav- ing many of her inhabitants from starvation. The irrigation works of India may be divided into three main classes: canals, tanks and wells. Under canals are classed works of any consider- able size for diverting the water of streams and distributing them Over the lands; under tanks, all works for the storage of water, and all natural Apressions the water of which is used for irri- gation; and under wells are com- prised works providing access to the subterranean. water- -supply. The present system of adminis- tered irrigation was started in India in 1869. In 1904 the Indian government had 23,000,000 acres under irrigation, as compared with 26,000,000 acres promoted by private capital, making a total of nearly 49,000,000 acres under irrigation, or one fourth of the area under cultivation in the Indian empire. Irrigation was carried on to a small extent by the Pueblo In- dians inhabiting a portion of what is now called New Mexico and Arizona, and their decend- ants were still cultivating the lands when the first Spanish colonists settled there several centuries ago. Mormons settling near Great Salt Lake were the first English-speaking people to apply irrigation systematically in the west. Waters from the Wasatch Mountains were turned upon their holdings, now the present site of Salt Lake City; and after several years of offort they made considerable headway in mastering the art. Forty years ago, about 20,000 acres were under irrigation in the United States, and during the following decade the acreage was increased to 1,000,000. .This was increased to 3,631,000 in 1889 and' to 9,000,000 in 1902, and the lat- est reports available show 16,000,000 acres, or twenty-four per cent of the land under irri- gation throughout the world, which totals approximately 75,- 000,000 acres. It required 63,000,000 cubic yards of excavation and 1,075.000 barrels of cement to carry on the work of reclaiming the United States Government's 3000,000 acres, the use of which created over 2,000,000 acre-feet of water or enough water to spread over 2,000.000 acres one foot deep. Assuming that private enter- prise c)ntrols an amount of wa- ter equal to that of the govern- ment, for the area being irriga- ted, means that the people of this country have discovered, practically in the last two de- cades, the way to use annually 6,500,000 acre-feet of water- to increase the food supply, which formerly did little but innndate and destroy productive lands in the river valleys of the middle West, It invariably follows that wherever irrigation projects are promoted by the government, the landseeker will find several times the outlay of capital invested by private enterprise and the rail- roads, so that the prospective gettler may take his choice in in- vesting in government or private lands in the same general com- munity. The Big Horn Basin in Wyom- ing is a good illustration. There the government has invested $6,750,000 in constructing the Shoshone River dam, the highest in the world, storing ten spuare miles of water at an average depth of seventy feet, irrigating 131,000 acres. Various private irrigation enterprises have an additional investment, in the same territory, sufficient to irri- gate 1,282,260 acres, and the Burlington railroad has invested over $5,000,000 in the extenison of its lines, to afford markets for the products thus brought forth. The cost of preparing the land being about the same, taking the government expenditure for its project as a basis, the value of private investment would total practically $60,000,000, the acre- age being about nine time that reclaimed by the government. Thus, within a radius of one hundred and twenty-five Miles square, there is a total invest- ment, by the three main parties interested, of approximately $70,000,000, yet the settl^r can i purchase this land for $45 per acre, and almost any farm pro- ducts can be raised with profit. But a few years ago the land considerd a barren waste. (To be continued) Notice Notice is hereby given, that I will sit at my home office Ekt, First National Bank, Hardin from Oct. 17th, 1910 to Oct. 22nd, 1910, be- tween the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m.; at post (Ace at Foster from Oct. 24th, 1910 to Oct. 25th, 1910, during the same hours; again at my home office, aforesaid, fram Oct. 26th, 1910 to Oct. 29th, 1910 be- tween the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 9 o'clock p. m., on all legal diys for the purpose of registering the names of all qualified electors of Registration District No.12. in Yellowstone County, Montana. Dated September 21st, 1910. A. L. MITCHELL, Registry Agent for Registration District No. 12. • - II R YEAR. Take First Level For Pumping Station The Two Legging Land and Inprovement Company May Build New Canal—If Found Feasible Begin at Once On Oct. 2nd C. B. Tabor in company with R. E. Shdpherd, L. F. Easton and A. R. Scott took the first preliminary level with a view to the construction of the pumping station which is o furnish the water for a canal that will irrigate some 1,200 or 15,000 acres of bench land by the Two Legging Canal Compa- ny. The level was taken near tbe John Reno ranch. The result of the test was sat- isfactory and as soon as arrange- ments can be made an engineer- ing crew will make a preliminary survey. After the survey is made and the approximate ex- pense of construction is ascer- tained, the matter of deter- mining the cost of adequate tna- chinery will be taken up. If the plan is found to be feasable and those owning land inside the proposed project are agreed the construction work will be begun at once. Messrs Shepherd and Easton I have recently returned from an ' extended tour of inspection of pumping plants supplying water for irrigation projects in Colo- rado and are convinced of their success. In speaking of their trip Mr. Shepherd said that it was a rev- elation to him; that one cannot conceive the richness of the bench land when it is properly watered and that its value is un- limited. Receives Support of Public The supper given by the La- dies' Commercial Club at the Becker hall last Saturday even- ing was a decided success. A splendid bill of fare had been provided and every one present seemed to do justice to the occa- sion. The ladies cleared a little over $50 which will be used in found- ing a public library. A board consisting of competant literary people has been selected to or- der suitable books immediately. The ladies wish to thank one and all who so liberally responed ed in helping with the supper, aloso those who patronized them on the occa§jon. With such hear- ty co-operaaon we are sure to have a library in keeping with our school building and twon at large. Anxious For a Letter One of our townsmen tells of the following amusing hicident which occurred in his home town in Missouri: \A small boy of about ten years, living in a conntry town. walked into the post office one day to inquire for the mail. His grandmother's name was Reeves and his name was Southern. He asked, \Air there any mail for Reevethes?,\ to which the post master replied, \No mail for Reeves. Then the boy asked: \Air there any mail for Thourth- erns ?,\ and the post master said, \Nothing doing for Sourthern.\ The boy's father being in a dist- ant town and he being anxious to hear from him stood around awhile then walked back to the window and said: \Well! Air there any more pothe offithes in town?\ Work Will Church Notice MORNING—HARDIN At the Star Theatre: Sabbath School 10 o'clock. Preaching Service 11 o'clock. Evening service at 7:30 o'clock Evening Services. AFTERNOON—FOSTER Sabbath School 3 o'clock. Public invited to all service. 1. E. Furgeson went to Sher- idan Wednesday evening. Apex coffee makes a delicious cup—sold at Gibson's. B. L. Lafon of Kansas arrived here the first of the week and is paying a visit to his two sons. We have a full line of beds, bedding and mattresses. —John- ston & Tupper. Rev. Marshall has purchased some property in the west side of town and is preparing to build a residence at once. The M. W. A. lodge are plan- ning on giving a dance on the evening of Thanksgiving. Watch for the annhuncement later. Gibson Bros.' Cash Store is where you always get a SQUARE dea l—the place where QUALITY counts. Bert Helwick was in Hardin 1 Wednesday with a sample of potato of the Burbank variety which are the best potatoes we have seen this year. See the new line art squars and rugs at Johnston & Tupper's. W. A. Becker announces that there will be a dance in their hall on Saturday evening Oct. 29th. Keep your eye out for the posters telling all about it. You will find at Gibson Bros.' Cash Store an exceptional line of wool and cotton blankets. J. W. Johnston returned here Wednesday from Spokane where he had been as a delegate to the Dry Farming Congress. He re- ports having enjoyed the trip very much. Notice All Catholic ladies are cordially invited ta attend a meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. H. I Reeder at 2 oclock on Wednesday afternood Oct 19th. By Order of Committee. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that those under the Two Legging Land & Improvement Co's. ditch who purchased their water rights in 1909 at $15 per acre will not be required to pay the assess- ment of $1.05 per acre made for that year. —Two Legging Land & Impryvernent Company. For oil cloth and floor lenolium see Johnston & Tupper. For Sale.' All kinds of garden truck, al. so chickens and hogs. J. W. Winchester. No Hunting Any party guilty of trespass- ing on my premises will be dein ' with according to law. M. M. BROOKS. Sanitary cots of all kinds fat sale at Johnston & Tup‘per. •41 -
