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T H E F L A T H E A D C O U R I E R . POLSON DOES THINGS’ LUME 1, POLSON, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1910. NUMBER 8 Bit Of History LSON MER. CO. near as we can lettnt it was June hat the C. F. Gates Mercantile ny of Kalispell decided tliat was an opening at tiie foot of ' e for another general store sp selected a location, put up igandcompetition began iu Pol- lie members of the company Wilson, McIntosh and Gates *r. Gates in chafge of the Pol' are. Tlie building stood on the S iw occupied by the Poison Mer- e Company; but like all the Ilrst lugs fronted the lake. Besides pain building in wliicli was ear- i general stock of merchandise were twosmall additions, in one icli was a restaurant in theother it market. April 1907 W. W. Gabb arrived tiie scene, lie looked over the ind deciding tiiere was a future llson lie bought, tlie restaurant .neat market of the Gates com- A year later lie moved the ngs on to his own ldt; where ire now occupied by the Bigley md restaurant. 1st., 11)08 among those who tool ge ou the old Klondike at Dem ile bound for Poison, the trading It the foot of the lake, was W /egg. Mr. Gregg was looking for Uness location and as he had I of the beauties and possibility s lower lake country and happen jo meet Mr. Gates in Kalispel Earning from him that he wished ( 1 Ills Poison business; he decided e spot to visit Poison and see for elf if the half he had heard was POLSON W1HS FROM ROffAN Again the Uonan ball tossers have been shown that the I'olson team Is tlielr superior. Even Brother liatli- bone of the Pioneer could' not keep Poison from walkingoffwlth tlie game, nor the Polsonltes from carrying away a nice bunch of itonan money. It happenei!1teiSiTnU5y,andoiriheHo nan diamond. Rver since the day the locals gave them such an awful lieat- ing here the lionan players have been practicing hard and getting In shape to clean us up. A large crowd of Poison fans went with the team and were amply repaid for i t was an exciting and Interesting game from the time tlie umplrecalled play ball until the last man was out in the last inning. The game was re plete with grandstand plays and ^ei ther team had a walk away. Ronan gpt two scores in the flrst inning and held this ieiul until the fourth when the locals scored twice. .At the begin' ning of the ninth inning tlie score stood six aud five In favor of the lo cals, in their half they secured one run, and then Konan came up. Arm FOURTH OF JULY COMMIT TEES BUSY. The Fourth of July committees are all a t work and everything points to a rousing celebration. The finance committee has already raised over $600. Chas. Allard and Rob Vinson have each contributed a beef to be given to the Indians for a barbecue, Tlie entertainment committee are working over time to have everything in readiness for a full day. The pro gram will be published as soon as it Is completed. Riverside Lott Selling Rapidly The interest in this beautiful new addition is constantly growing and Mr. Chas. E. Redeker, who has the ex elusive sale of these lots, has been kept quite busy. Among those who secured choice lots during the past week are: .las. a . Moore, of Crosby, North Da kota, lot f> block 1, price $300. Alfred W. Pipes, Poison, lot 1 block 3, 1750. giving here on Saturday lie had nain until Mouday as instead of plendld service we now enjoy the [ made tlie trip but tliree times a .This gave Mr. Gregg time to ne imbued with the Poison s p irit i decided that he w ould return to i and make arrangements imme- Uy to buy tlie Gates stock. But fas sick on arriving a t Havre and on developed that he had tiie [Ipox. While In the pest house }regg says that his greatest worry the fear that someone would beat i Poison. W henthe quarantine Biuoved he found the great flood I a t its height; so there was no Iblllty of travel for another month. 1 the meantime he found that J. er was b I no looking for a busl- | location. But Mr. Ober wished sit Fortlne before he located, so brtlne they went. But Mr. Gregg |all of the time in his mind’s eye , he considered the most beautl- kpot, with the most promising fu- | of any In Montana. So he pef- I Mr. Ober to come to Polfon. i arriving here they found' that ert G. Walker of Hominy, Okla- , had purchased the Gates build* but not the stock. But after some euverlng the building was bought k and on August 1st, 1908 Ober It |gg took possession of stock and (ding and commenced business un- [the tlrm name of The Poison Mer- jtlle Company. nd all that is necessary to know I tliey have made good in Poison is Jrop in tlielr store any time of day I watcli business. Dr. F. W. Redeker of Rollins, lots 11 strong who had taken Parson’s place Ialici 1:2 block 1, $075. Louis B. Mont- in the pitchers liox a t the beginning I ^m e ty , Poison, lots 1 and 2 block 5, of the eighth lilt the flrst three m m i l * ^ Alex McCloud of South Butte, up for Ronan thus tilling the »‘pief. I Mont., lot 1 block 7, $325. Mrs,. Emma With no outs and three men on base* Mandt, of Slclntosh, Minn., lotfl block the Spring Creek town fans went wild. I M25- C1,as. l8re,l,> Colson, lot 3 Hut here Hie locals got on their toes, block 5. 9200. Charles E. Redeker, Parsons was placed back In the box 1’olstni, lots 11 and 12 block 2, $450. and the next three men up were re- i}1'- Alfred C. Dogge, Poison, lot 2 t ired In one-two-three order. One I block 2, $350. • W. R. Wilhite, 1’olson, nan scored on a long drive by Daniel-1101 •* block 0, $225. David E. Parry, on, b ut Poison won the game. The |° f Butte, lot i block 2, $.'175. Otto.W. Lundberg, Poison, lot 2 block 1, $325. ol low ing is the score by innings: Ronan— 2 - 0 - 0 - 1 -- 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 1 — 0 . Poison ■ 0-0-0-2-0-2-i-l-l—7. MEMORIAL SERVICES The Memorial .services held in the At. E. church was well attended. Rev. Johnson of the Congregational church dismissed Ills congregation so that ail might attend this special service. There was a lesson in patriotism in the decorations of the church. Tiie Jas. l'roiiovost, Poison, lot 4 block 1, 1275. Let! Allard, Poison, lot 1 block 1, $375. Many of those who Lought are com mencing tiie erection of residences, some of the buildings contemplated will be models of style and comfort. Mr. Jas. L. Mclntire, the owner of Riverside, Is busily engaged In plant ing trees around the splendid plat of ground which lie lias reserved for his own residence. Tliat Riverside is in very truth SOUNDS LIKE A RAILROAD It lias often been said tlmt the local power company was in dose toucli with tlie Milwaukee railroad circles, but the recent election of Mr. H. M Billesby, President of tlie Northern Idaho and Montana Power Co. as one of the directors In the Milwaukee railroad is the best Indication of how closely they are connected. I t has been the contention of many that the power company hud ways of knowing that Poison was going to have a rail road aud It begins to look as though they did. Taken with the renewed activity of the power company here in extending tiie water mains, buying moi;e property and Installing the tel ephone exchange, the news of Mr. Byllesby certainly does look good. Many people never have taken the Great Northern seriously as that road I b noted for its slowness, b u t when an aggressive road like the Milwaukee begins to look this way, It appears that there will be something doing in the near future. The news of Mr. Byllesby’s election is authentic, John Wall manager for the company here having received word from headquarters and permis sion to give it o ut for publication. Taken altogether it is the best rail road dope that has yet come out. dm!«n a T hi0^^n!?ifr^fonirljM n evl-. Th a t Riverside is in very tru th a the pulpit glving a*rnrettv I buauty 8p0t 18 addmitted by all who P p gi ing a pretty | |iave vjew t j,e from this vantage around effect. The music was furnished by a choir composed of tlie following voices: Mesdames A. W. Pipes and V. Hold ing and Messrs. J. F. Cook, J. M. Dawson, M. L. Dawson and A. W. Pipes with Mrs. J. F. Cook as organ. 1st; Besides the music by the choir Miss Anna Rollins rendered a beauti ful solo. showed deep thought and careful pre paration, and was delivered in an effective manner. A t tlie evening service Rev. White delivered an able address upon “ Was Lincoln a Christian? [spot. A Plemnt Afternoon Mrs. H. W. Douglas entertained the Ladies Aid Thursday at her pleasant home on the west side, In honor of her daughter, Mrs. A. P. Gates of Waneock, Wisconsin. Delicious cake Tlie sermon by Rev. White | and strawberry ice cream was served. A pleasant social afternoon was spent and when the ladles departed they united in expressing a wish that t hey might meet the guest of honor again next summer. 1 .1. Campbell of Bozeman is look- over tlie farming lands here with (lew to purchasing. Mr. Campbell i been a resident of the Gallltin ■ley for twenty nine years, and |lle he would not say that the Flat- 1 was as good as the Gallltin, he jrery much impressed with, the fratry. The band boys dance was a great cess both socially and financially, ^eryone had a good time and the ys. cleared something over eighty lliars which is to go toward the new Ji forms that they wish to get before i Fourth. Hie light and power company have Iroliased a half loton Fourth avenue Itween B and C streets. They will ect an olfice building on it to be (ed as a telephone station and also an up town otlice for the power Jmpany. [Star Heck is having a combination Lil and motor boat built. It is venty three feet long and will be iade to accommodate quite a crowd [ passengers. A. M. Wright is doing lie work. ' The Ladies Aid Society will meet at llie liomeof Mra. John Wall Thursday, June 0. All are cordially invited. NEW LAW FIRM Another new law tirm opened offices in Poison last week. D. F. Barloga and F. D. Lyman are the members, Mr. Barloga Is from Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois in the class of 1008 and prac ticed in his home town until recently. M r. Lyman is also from Illinois. His home being a t Peoria. He also grad uated from the Illinois University In the classof 1908. Afterhisgraduatlon he practiced his profession in Peoria until he came to Montana last fall. Me spent the winter in Butte, hut made trips to different points seeking a permanent location. On . one of these he visited Poison, with tlie result that no other place suited him. Theirottlcesare In the east end of the Flathead State Bank Building. A RARE MUSICAL TREAT A musical treat is in store for music lovers of Poison on Saturday evening at Gabb’s Hall, when Miss Anna Rollins will give a Contert Recital assisted by Mias Mansur Piano Soloist Miss Owens, Violin Soloistanda male quartet consisting of Messrs. Cook, Johnson, Dawson and Dawson. Mrs. Cook will olllclate as accom panist for tlie evening. Miss Rollins has a line mezzo soprano voice of pleasing vibrant quality and will render during the evening a variety of songs that will undoubtedly prove pleasing to her audience. S. S. Montana Strikes Rook The Montana backed on to a rock as she was leaving tiiedock a t Rollins |yesterday and Injured her rudder so that they had tosend a tug down from Somers to tow her up tiiere for re pairs. When the accident happened the Klondike, ln response to a whistle, | came to the Montana's aid and carried hec passengers on to Somers. New Manager At Grandview Mrs. Frank Stone has been employed by the F. L. Gray Company to take charge of the Grandview hotel to suc ceed Jas. Mettler, who has other bus- I ness ln view. Mrs. Stone has had a large experience in the management of hotels so she is perfectly quail fieri to care for the wants of the traveling public. Work On B r id g e Delayed Work on the bridge was delayed sev eral days this week owing to a mis take having been made iu tlie height the piles siiouid be left. Tiie mist ake has now been corrected and tiie w ork wlllbe pushed rapidly. About tl Ft cert men are now at work on the struc- I ture. SECURITY STATE BANK OPENS Tlie Security State Bank opened Its doors for business Tuesday mornh/g. This institution starts with a good business aud bright prospects for the future. It.Is controlled entirely by local capital and this fact in Itself is good indication that it will Hucceed. Tlie president J. A. Johnson came here from North Dakota and“has the habit” of boosting for Poison a t every opportunity. Tlie cashier H. S. Hanson also comes from Dakota hav ing been with the First National Bank of Hlllsborro before coming liere. The new bank Is located at the corner of Fourth and C streets and is one of the finest buildings yet put up In i ’olson. The fixtures are as One as are usually found in most large cities and the Inside llnlshlngs are III keep-' Ing with the rest of the building. Few tow ns the size of Poison can boast of os tine a looking bank building as the Security State. A F INE ADDRESS The Kalispell Dee in its write up of their Decoration Day exercises says: “ Dr. O. E. Redeker, of I'olson, was the speaker of the occasion and de livered a beautiful address eulogizing the soldiers who fought so valiantly during the trying times of (lie civil war, und paid a beautiful tribute to the wives, daughters' and sisters of those wlio went to tiie front during those times. He. also had a cheery message for the old veterans w ho still live to honor tlie memory of the de parted ones each year on t his memor able day.” GREAT CHANGES IN ONE YEAR The following from a letter received from President.Dunlway of the State University after his trip to Kalispell last week gives one some idea of the marvelous change that one year has made in this ijiarvelous country: “Tlie trip from Ravalli to Kalispell and return is one long to.be remem bered, Scenic ’ beauty of the most striking character makes the journey a delight to the senses. Agricultural and .urban development on ivery hand lends a peculiar Interest. Tlie transition from primitive reser vation life to complex Industrialism I f wonderful. 11 is hardly credible that so much should have been done with in one year. Yet the contrast between the conditions which I saw in June of 1909 and those now to be seen in May of 1910 give unmistakable evidence that the Flathead country Is proving Itself to be genuinely progressive. Upon the basis of agricultural pros perity, extensive and substantial im provements such as are being made ii Konan, Poison, Dayton, Somers and Kalispell will bring good returns ti their projectors. You are to be con gratulated upon your town’s pros- pects.” NEW KLONDIKE IN SERVICE CENTRAL HOTEL THE LATEST C. R. Sawyer has opened his hotel building. It.will be called the Cen tral Hotel and will be run on the European plan. Mr. Sawyer hasspared no expense in making this hotel one of the best places to stop ln the city. I t is finished in an up to date manner, electric liglitsin each room and is fur nished nicely. The furniture is all new and of the best. Census About Completed Joe Allard will finish the enumera tion of Poison today, and his report will record between 1)50 and J000 In habitants. A pretty good showing for a town not yet nine months old. If you haven’t been counted, please re port to Joe Allard immediately. Ball Dance. The dance for the benefit of I lie baseball club wliicli was advertised to take place Saturday evening has been changed to Friday night. Dqii'I fall to go. The dance will be a t the Hijou Theatre building, und don’t forget the date. NEW QUARTERS The Poison Housefurnishing Co. have moved into their new room In the Redeker building on Third Ave. They are getting their stock arranged and are expecting more stock every day. Tills firm carries a tine line of goods and as their name implies are prepared to furnish your house with almost everything you need. Call in and see them; also remember that they iiave a Ilrst class plumbing shop in connection, with their other lines. N e w e l l party . Miss Hazel Scott entertained a' number of young people Saturday evening in honor of Miss Florence Thompson. It was in the nature of a farewell party as Miss Florence goes this week with her parents on to their ranch. The evening was spent in games and social intercourse, ice cream, calce, nuts and candy were served. Last Friday the New Klondike made her first trip to the Poison dock She had hardly got through the nar rows until some one spied her and the ne«|fs rapidly spread that she was coming in. By the time Captain Gene Hodge pulled the whistle cord for the landing a crowd of several hundred had gathered bn the water front to welcome the new boat. The Klondike is 120 feet long 20 feet wide and will easily accommodate four hundred passengers. She Is built along the lines of the Old Klondike, only drawing about three feet of water, and she sure has speed. A dining table with the best of service is maintained and there are six state rooms for the accommodation of nlghl passengers. Besides being able to liandle a heavy passenger traffic, tliey can handle a large amount of freight. The flnlshlng work Is not as yet completed, but a large force of carpenters and painters, are fast get ting i t in shape. SURVEYING LAKE SHORE TRACTS The government surveyors are at work near Dayton surveying the acre tracts that are to be put on the mar ket iu the fall. THE WEATHER The temperatures as taken by the IF THE CENSUS ENUMATER HAS MISSED YOU, HUNT HIM UP. I'. S. Observer Frank Browne at the Poison station. Max Min. Set. Thursday 78 48 78 Friday 70 42 m Saturday 112 4(1 (10 Sunday (47 ;i8 (13 Monday 74 42 08 Tuesday 80 48 77 Wednesday 78 44 77 ^CONTESTS LAND OFFICE DECISION L. H. Johnson went to Kalispell the Ilrst of the week to interview an at torney in regard to his contest over the land lie recent ly Hied on. He liled ou lots 1, 2 and .1 in section 0 three miles west, of town. This land was part of a unit of Hit) acres tliat was listed in the government schedule a1- open for homestead. When Mr. John son attempted to file on the whole (Hiarter he was informed by tlie land otllclals that forty acres had J>een taken by tiie st ate for school lauds to could nothave It. Mr. Johnson agreed to this but wanted tlie balance of tlie quarter b ut was refused on the ground that it was a broken unit so was not open to homestead. He immediately Hied notice of appeal and intends car rying it to tiie general laud oillce a t Washington. CLARK HOTEL ALMOST COMFLtT, D Hie Clark Hotel building a t the corner of A. street'and Fourth Ave. is nearing completion. This wlllbe another great addition to the tow n, as it is modern in every way. Tlie rooms are large and airy and the lake view from tlie rooms upstairs is great. Mr. Lake who has the building rented Is now busily engaged in putting up and arranging the furniture and will have the rooms ready for occupancy in a few days. The cafe will not. be opened quite as soon as tlie rest of the house. RESIDENT DENTIST HERE Poison now has a resident dentist, Dr. W. T. Morrison of Butte, having decided to locate here. lie has spent the past four weeks ln looking for a location and decided that Poison was the best he had found, lie is a grad uate of the Baltimore college of dental surgery of the class of 1003 and has been practicing at Hutte for seven .years, lie will be found at the Hell hotel. EXTENDING WATER MAINS Monday morning work was started on extending the water mains and con sequently everybody on the west and south side of town are wearing smile.-.. The mains will be extended along all ditches that were dug last winter, so will practically reach every part of town. The work will be pushed as rapidly as possible and it will only lie a short time until the water will lie turned on. DECORATION DAY FITTINGLY OBSERVED The program lor Hie observance of Decoration Day as published in last week's Courier was carried out as nearly as possible uuder the circum stances. Promptly a t 2:00 o’clock p. m. the crowd assembled a t the dock. After a few selections by the band a bevy of little girls marched to the water and Miss Hazel Scott cast flowers in to the water ln memory of our marine heroes. The procession then formed and pre ceded by the band marched to the public square. Here a large (is g was raised and unfurled to the breeze while the audience joined in singing The Star Spangled Banner. A fter music by the band and prayer by Rev. White flowers were tanked around the base of the flag staff by a number of little girls. .Tills excerclsc was to take the place of the usual decoration of graves. As yet tiiere ' being no soldier’s graves within our boundaries. This excercise was followed by another selection by the band, when Attorney W. A. Johnson, the speaker of the day, was introduced. And Mr. Johnson proved his ancestry'by his address. For it must needs be a “Minute Man\ to respond with such an address on so short a notice. He spoke of the peculiar conditions of no soldiers’ graves to decorate, an ompared with the many, many mon uments in our far away home ceme teries, where we could see in our inlpds eye the marching hosts paying tribute to the memory of those lying there. Hespoke feelingly of the rapid* ly depleting ranks of the G. A. 15. and of the happy conditions now pre vailing when tiie Blue and the Gray have clasped hands and welded the chasm that once threatened our Na.* ioml life, lie paid due tribute to the boys of )8. Showing that the response to President McKinley’s call for volim- Leers proved beyond doubt that the) .', was no longer a North nor a South. His address was short, concise and appropriate. H ie program ck id with the singing of America. NEW CLOTWINB FIRM That confidence prevails in Pol. Ml proven by the fact that men of goal business ability and judgment do uot hesitate to make investments and aurich new enterprises here. The latest of these is the Wide Clothing Company, wlio will cun- ncncc business about June 20, Iii the leiv C. I). Marsden building on Tl ird avenue. The members of the tirm are W. il. Wade of Ely, Nevada, and Geo. A. Wade of Poison. Both these gen: le* men are experienced in all lines that hey will handle. As W. II. Wadi: is iow doing a large clothing busi; ess Ely, Nevada, and Geo. A. Wade has en with Kaiser & McCann for the ist ten years, coming witii them to Poison from Dillon. Geo. A., who will have charge of tlie Poison store is a young man of pleasant address und popular asas:; les* ■an, so that their customers wii; be assured right treatment. They will carry a complete line of gents’ furnishings. FIND GOOD ORE L. A. Colvin returned this week from a prospecting l rip In :!ic C’ai. as territory, lie is very u.i. ’Ij elated over the prospects l i r a big mining bfiom. lie carried sam.iic-M.i' ore that show good traccs of n■.'n- i ;:l. He lo cated a mine close to U r ri.pi.ily tie- coming famous Duslir. mine. rJ his property wliicli was staked on tlie morning of May 2, by a company of fourteen has received an assay on the Ilrst. ore taken out. It runs a trace of gold, two ounces of silver and fourlcen percent copper. Active work will he started in about thirty flays on l.iiis property. Mr. Colvin's claim shows as good ore as the Dustin aud is beated'jiwL six miles from the railroad. BELL CAFE READY FOR BUSINESS The Hotel Hell Cafe is now open for business. Mr. Hell has spared neither time nor expense to make thiscafe not only the linest. In lown, but the equal of most city eating places. The bill of fn.re includes almost anything you could wish for. The furnishings in the cafe are line and I he kitchen is a model of the bcsl. A new electric sign, the ilrst one in I’olson, has been erected, which is another Indication of Mr. Hell's intention lo keep tiie Bell Hotel right up to date.
